Earth from Space

Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers and physicist, being a part of the International Space Station expedition, made a series of stunning images with an unusual point - Earth's orbit. It is noteworthy that all the pictures were taken by the most common camera. Over the Tibetan Plateau in the Himalayas, Kingdom of Bhutan and Nepal in the background.





Structure Richat in Mauritania.



Paris at night.



From space, I wish you all a good and colorful year.



The channels in the desert of Somalia.



Denmark and Copenhagen, and Oslo, Norway, Sweden and Stockholm, northern Germany and beyond. And, of course, the northern lights.



Beautiful reflection of the sun in a river in Brazil.



Planes in the 242 miles down on the way to America.



Southern aurora between Antarctica and Australia.



Footprints in the desert hundreds of kilometers along the Atlantic Ocean.



Ice spiral near Kamchatka, Russia.



At sunrise and sunset, you can see the different layers of the atmosphere. (flickr.com) ...
Oostrovov Gilbert.



Africa meets Europe - the Strait of Gibraltar.



Foam clouds.



During the experiment, it was necessary to wait for 10 minutes, so I looked out the window. And I saw the volcano Etna!



Australia - amazing continent with beautiful formations.



Comet C / 2011 W3 (Lovejoy), photographed ISS Commander Dan Burbank



Source: trasyy.livejournal.com

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