On board the ISS

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1. Removal of the carrier rocket "Proton-M" with the block of spacecraft "Glonass-M" on the launch pad pl.81 Baikonur Cosmodrome.



2. Preparations for the launch of manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-12M." 03/26/2014.



3. 03.26.2014 1 hour 17 minutes was commissioned space rocket to transport manned spacecraft.



4. Personnel launch a space rocket to transport manned spacecraft 03/26/2014.



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7. Space "truck" in flight.



8. Convergence Automated Transfer Vehicle to the ISS.



9. The astronaut in outer space.



10. Luna.



11. "Sun and Moon rise almost simultaneously ... Luna a little earlier, and that's how it illuminates the sun." Quote and photo Sergei Ryazan.



12. "Believe me, the human eye is not a mile and a beautiful picture than our planet. After all it is - our house! "- Cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Fyodor Yurchikhin.



13. Southern aurora.



14. Aurora.



15. We flip previous photo ... Fascinating.



16. "Friends are likely to make a wish when you see a shooting star! Meteor is not so easy to see against the backdrop of our beautiful planet. "



17. "The passage of Venus across the solar disk - a phenomenon that occurs once in a century. Following such a passage would be 2117 "- cosmonaut Gennady Padalka.



And now let's look at the earth.

18. Lake Baikal - the deepest lake on the planet and the largest natural reservoir of fresh water.



19. Himalaya, view from the ISS. The Himalayas are recognized the world's highest mountain system in the circuit, there are 109 peaks, most of which reaches a height of 7300 m above sea level.

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20. Alps. Allalin Glacier from the height of the ISS.



21. From the blog Fyodor Yurchikhin: "Elbrus ... How could this beauty is not to attract attention and create a dream - to climb on it."



22. Kilimanjaro. View from the ISS.



23. Mountain Lake Chile, surrounded by incredible glaciers in shape.



24. Sandstorm in Mexico.



25. Kamchatka. View from the ISS.



26. ISS visible even famous bridges in Vladivostok. These are the two biggest cable-stayed bridge in Russia. The total length of the bridge Russian - almost 1,900 meters, golden - about 1400 meters. Russian bridge is listed in the Guinness Book of Records, cable-stayed bridges among all the world had the longest span - 1104 meters.



27. Dubai, the Persian Gulf, Palm Jumeirah artificial island. Included in the Palm Islands (Palm Islands). Palm Islands were created in order to increase the flow of tourists. Each island has the shape of a palm tree. The islands were added about 500 kilometers to the beaches of Dubai. Photo: A. Shkaplerov. A. Ivanishin.



28. Typhoon haiku. The picture of the satellite "Electro-L". Thanks to early detection were evacuated about 2 million people who have not suffered



29. Structure Richat (Guell-Riyadh Richat), Sahara. Anatoly Ivanishin: "Structure Richat a long time served as a landmark for astronauts in orbit, as represented clearly visible object in the vast expanse of unremarkable desert." Photos of Anton and Anatoly Ivanishina Shkaplerova.



30. Brazil. Photos of Anton and Anatoly Ivanishina Shkaplerova.



31. Grand Canyon and clouds. Photo by Andrey Borisenko.



32. "Antarctica was full of life! The air rang a flock of birds, seals sunning on the banks, ignoring busily scurrying to and fro Penguin "- wrote Vladimir Sanin in his book" The Beginner in Antarctica. " And today we take a look at Antarctica with the Russian crew of the International Space Station.



33. View from the ISS on the deepest lake in Mongolia - Hovsgol. It has about 2% of the world's fresh water. Hovsgol - one of seventeen oldest lakes in the world, presumably his age is 5 million years old.



34. Patagonia - it is an endless series of glaciers, fjords, lakes, forests, frozen ground and peaks of the Andes. So Patagonia looks from the ISS.



35. Amazing nature of Bolivia with the height of the ISS.



36. Photo: Russian crew of the ISS.



37. The Aral Sea wishes you a good day. Photo from the ISS.



38. Type in a million. Photo: ISS RS.



In space, home is best.

39. Planting lander manned transport spacecraft.



40. "Descent in general usually takes about three hours, and it's pretty hard way, ending a strong impact on landing, which is called soft landing" - Hero of the Russian Federation, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation Yuri Baturin.



And finally:

41. Sunset at Baikonur.



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