The spellbinding photographs capture vibrant images of cities and outer space in the year of discovery that was 2016 (Photo: Instagram/NASA)
People watching total solar eclipse in heavily clouded conditions is a sight to behold (Photo: AFP)
No points for guessing that this is the ever spectacular aurora in all its majesty right above Canada (Photo: Instagram/NASA)
This never seen before sight is none other than the city of London shining bright at midnight (Photo: Instagram/NASA)
A full moon rising over western China before sunset never looked this surreal (Photo: Instagram/NASA)
This image clicked by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the illuminated Trumpler 14 star cluster (Photo: Instagram/NASA)
This one of a kind image is just green lights on fishing boats off the coast of Thailand at night (Photo: Instagram/NASA)
This is the Kounotori H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-6) as it approached the International Space Station on Dec. 12, 2016 clicked by an astronaut (Photo: Instagram/NASA)
Here's how moon-rise looks from the international space station as seen by a NASA astronaut (Photo: Instagram/NASA)
The images of capture stunning phenomena on earth and in space.