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Amazing Planet
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We are with you are very lucky, because the astronauts living on the International Space Station, continues to surprise us with new photos of our beautiful planet. Case observe Earth from space falls very few lucky ones. So, we heartily thank the astronauts, NASA and the European Space Agency, and, if someone among them is reading this - we once again say to you our sincere "thank you"! After all, before these views we could see only in the movies, created at the studios of Hollywood. But these photos are real.
(34 photos)
1. Maldives
"We will open you to the sunny side of life" - the slogan of tourists lured by the tour operators in the Maldives. Well, from the window of the International Space Station, they do look amazing. Well, cocktails with slices of fruit and umbrella in the glass, and let's go to the hammock, just to relax, watching the amazing sunset?
2. Pacific Ocean, Hawaii
Aloha! We are approaching the Hawaiian Islands. Big Island can be seen very clearly. Kilauea is known as "the world's only road volcano." Now it produces 250-650 thousand yards of lava a day. That's enough to fill a two-lane road 32 kilometers length.
3. Southern Lights, New Zealand
Do not you think that southern lights this picture resembles a laser show and a fascinating -udivitelnoe?
4. Night view of the east coast of Spain.
Here east coast of Spain at night, Balearic Sea looks like a dark spot. At the top left is the island of Mallorca. Looking at the Barcelona night, remember that for someone to one of the cherished desire - to go to the city for the match, "Barcelona" against the "Real Madrid".
5. Mannam Volcano, Papua New Guinea
Mannam, also known as "The Great Volcano", only 10 km in diameter. Mannam - a stratovolcano, formed of varying layers of ash, lava and rocks from previous eruptions. This is one of the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea, whose eruptions are often the cause of death, including 13 deaths in December 1996, and four more that followed in March 2007. In general, this photo reminds perfect decoration to any film like "Jurassic Park" or "King Kong."
6. The International Space Station is located on the east coast of Argentina over the Gulf of San Matias. Looking at these pictures, you can experience dizziness. Just imagine that you are up there, on board the International Space Station, looking at our planet upside down ... - How do you have with the vestibular system? ..
7. Beaver Lake in Arkansas, USA.
Beaver Lake - an artificial body of water in the Ozark Mountains, located in northwest Arkansas, the birthplace of the White River. Sometimes artificial ponds razed forest fires, but the humanity with surprising tenacity continues to change the planet.
8. East Coast of the United States and the last ray of light on the horizon.
US East Coast, New York and Long Island are located at the bottom left. Do you want to see the panorama of your own eyes? For what it was? Only 20 million dollars ...
9. Earth and the stars.
So it looks like the Milky Way, the night when the lights of cities it does not eclipse. I would like to quote Dr. McCoy from the world-famous "Star Trek": "In this galaxy there is a mathematical probability of three million planets similar in type to the Earth. But in the universe, there are three million million galaxies like this one. And they may have at least one version of ourselves. "
10. Night clouds above the Long Beach, Calif.
This is truly an amazing place - Long Beach. A place where you can meet the "Queen Mary" and "Aquarium of the Pacific." But the best thing is to take a trip across the sea, where you can watch the friendly gray whales. During migration, they swim to the shore.
11 UK and Ireland during the night.
These edges gave the world the authors of "Romeo and Juliet" (William Shakespeare), "Pride and Prejudice" (Jane Austen), "Dracula" (Bram Stoker) and "Harry Potter" (JK Rowling). British Isles, where now looking forward to the royal wedding, just amazing.
12. Running the automated transfer vehicle.
Company «Arianespace» and ESA held a launch orbital transfer device on the International Space Station. I wonder how far they were from each other?
13. Solar panels of the International Space Station.
ISS Solar panels are simply amazing. When the sun disappears behind the horizon, the last sunlight paints the solar panels in amazing shades.
14. French Riviera at night.
Côte d'Azur is not only a super-high cost and super-popular, but also super-beauty, which only emphasizes the reflection of the moon in the Mediterranean Sea. Perhaps this is the only place that can stand comparison with the south of California.
15. The bright lights of the night of Barcelona.
16. Supermoon.
March 19 residents of planet Earth could watch Supermoon - a phenomenon in which the moon closer to our planet as close as possible. The moon, photographed from the International Space Station, just beautiful, and this picture looks even more scary.
17. Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Cape Cod, which the locals call simply Cape - it is an island and a cape in the eastern part of Massachusetts. The sun is reflected in the water surface of the Atlantic Ocean, turning it into a living gold, set off by an amazing cape.
18. Moscow night
Moscow, a city with 11 million people - it is not only the capital of Russia, but also the center of European culture. The Russians - people are passionate, proud, sexy and smart, but at the same time refined, intelligent and with a great sense of humor. And in this photograph we see a picture of the heart of the super-powers. My heart is just incredibly well.
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19. Sunset over West Africa
This picture may be puzzled. We see a glimmer of the dying sunset. However, on the horizon visible glare. Due to successfully take foreshortening seems that there are two sources of light. But the sun, then we have one!
20. Sicily, Italy
Sicily is the birthplace of the Mafia because of the cycle of films "The Godfather." But in fact it is absolutely wonderful and magical island full of passionate people who love music and food, with desperate courage living in the shadow of the ancient volcano Etna. In this picture it is difficult to make out what it is reflected from the Mediterranean Sea - sunlight or moonlight. In any case, the picture amazing.
21. Lake Qadisiyah on the Euphrates River, owes its birth to the dam Hadithi. From space it looks like a ready to rush to attack the Chinese dragon. In Iraq, a lot of amazing places, which, unfortunately, did not get there because of the ongoing armed conflict that has lasted for many years. Perhaps someday we will be able to visit there, and in other historical places.
22. Atoll, shape resembling a heart, to the east of the Solomon Islands.
This atoll is particularly fond of the astronauts on the International Space Station. This picture they sent to Earth on Valentine's Day. Atoll - a coral island, which is partially or completely covered lagoon. If you look closely, you can see that in fact the atoll - is the tip of an old volcano.
23. Glacier San Quintin, Chile.
San Quintin Glacier - the largest glacier in Chile. Like many glaciers around the world in the twentieth century, San Quentin began to gradually shrink in size and lose mass. What was the reason: the natural consequences of natural factors or human action? Hard to say, simply enjoy the beauty of the amazing glacier.
24. Crete, Greece and Turkey
Beautiful, clear photos of Hellas (Greece), Turkey and Crete. In Crete there is a rich mythology associated primarily with the Greek gods, as well as the Minoan civilization. Crete in Greek mythology, is considered the birthplace of the god Zeus. Also here is the famous labyrinth of Knossos.
25. River Nile
Nile - the longest river in the world (6,650 km), located in North Africa. Below the picture you can see the place where merge the Blue Nile and the White Nile.
26. Buenos Aires, Argentina, La Plata
La Plata - the estuary flooding the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay and Parana on the border of Argentina and Uruguay. Photos resembles painting with silver vein running from the big heart on the left.
27. Cyclone Diana at Mesereau-east coast of Australia
In meteorology, a cyclone is an area called the closed circular motion, rotating in the same direction as the Earth. We previously had seen pictures of cyclones and hurricanes, but if you look at this picture you can see the bottom of the planet. Look at the center of the "eyes."
28. Desert Somalia.
This amazing red "coral" north of Bakaadveyn, west of Kalabadhlmag - a desert of Somalia. Strange feeling, is not it? -kazhetsya As if the Earth itself is bleeding. Amazing picture.
29. The National Park Chaco in Paraguay.
Chaco - a plain, whose area is about one million square kilometers. It captures part of Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil. Located on the edges of the clouds turn the planet down in a huge lizard scales. Maybe somewhere there lurks Godzilla?
30. The National Park Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina.
Lake Argentino in the province of Santa Cruz Patagonia. It is the largest lake in Argentina, whose area is 1466 square kilometers. But if you look properly, you can see the contours of the body as it were. It seems as if someone fell from the sky and left a dent.
31. Santiago, Cape Verde.
Cape Verde - is located in the center of the Atlantic Ocean, 570 km off the coast of West Africa, an archipelago of 10 islands. The title is the word of its "green", but even so, the terrain here is a little dry. Santiago - the largest island of the archipelago, in the south-east, it seems a little flat. Transcontinental slave trade made the city of Cidade Velha, in here, the second richest town in the Portuguese kingdom.
32. The Dead Sea, Israel.
The Dead Sea, which is also referred to as salinity - is, in fact, the salt lake bordering Jordan to the east, with Israel and the West Bank of the Jordan River in the west. This is the lowest place on land in the world, because its surface and shores are located at an altitude of 423 meters below sea level. It is difficult to swim, the water pushes, but you can just lie on the surface of the water.
Beautiful Planet
33. Rio Sao Francisco, Brazil.
Wonderful and unexpected composition creates the color and shape of the river and fields. It seems like a wonderful picture painted by the hand of God.
34. Sunset reflected in the Caspian Sea.
The Caspian Sea - the largest enclosed body of water on Earth, whose area is 371,000 square kilometers. This beautiful image we end today's release. Protect the planet - it is amazing and well worth it.
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We are with you are very lucky, because the astronauts living on the International Space Station, continues to surprise us with new photos of our beautiful planet. Case observe Earth from space falls very few lucky ones. So, we heartily thank the astronauts, NASA and the European Space Agency, and, if someone among them is reading this - we once again say to you our sincere "thank you"! After all, before these views we could see only in the movies, created at the studios of Hollywood. But these photos are real.
(34 photos)
1. Maldives
"We will open you to the sunny side of life" - the slogan of tourists lured by the tour operators in the Maldives. Well, from the window of the International Space Station, they do look amazing. Well, cocktails with slices of fruit and umbrella in the glass, and let's go to the hammock, just to relax, watching the amazing sunset?
2. Pacific Ocean, Hawaii
Aloha! We are approaching the Hawaiian Islands. Big Island can be seen very clearly. Kilauea is known as "the world's only road volcano." Now it produces 250-650 thousand yards of lava a day. That's enough to fill a two-lane road 32 kilometers length.
3. Southern Lights, New Zealand
Do not you think that southern lights this picture resembles a laser show and a fascinating -udivitelnoe?
4. Night view of the east coast of Spain.
Here east coast of Spain at night, Balearic Sea looks like a dark spot. At the top left is the island of Mallorca. Looking at the Barcelona night, remember that for someone to one of the cherished desire - to go to the city for the match, "Barcelona" against the "Real Madrid".
5. Mannam Volcano, Papua New Guinea
Mannam, also known as "The Great Volcano", only 10 km in diameter. Mannam - a stratovolcano, formed of varying layers of ash, lava and rocks from previous eruptions. This is one of the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea, whose eruptions are often the cause of death, including 13 deaths in December 1996, and four more that followed in March 2007. In general, this photo reminds perfect decoration to any film like "Jurassic Park" or "King Kong."
6. The International Space Station is located on the east coast of Argentina over the Gulf of San Matias. Looking at these pictures, you can experience dizziness. Just imagine that you are up there, on board the International Space Station, looking at our planet upside down ... - How do you have with the vestibular system? ..
7. Beaver Lake in Arkansas, USA.
Beaver Lake - an artificial body of water in the Ozark Mountains, located in northwest Arkansas, the birthplace of the White River. Sometimes artificial ponds razed forest fires, but the humanity with surprising tenacity continues to change the planet.
8. East Coast of the United States and the last ray of light on the horizon.
US East Coast, New York and Long Island are located at the bottom left. Do you want to see the panorama of your own eyes? For what it was? Only 20 million dollars ...
9. Earth and the stars.
So it looks like the Milky Way, the night when the lights of cities it does not eclipse. I would like to quote Dr. McCoy from the world-famous "Star Trek": "In this galaxy there is a mathematical probability of three million planets similar in type to the Earth. But in the universe, there are three million million galaxies like this one. And they may have at least one version of ourselves. "
10. Night clouds above the Long Beach, Calif.
This is truly an amazing place - Long Beach. A place where you can meet the "Queen Mary" and "Aquarium of the Pacific." But the best thing is to take a trip across the sea, where you can watch the friendly gray whales. During migration, they swim to the shore.
11 UK and Ireland during the night.
These edges gave the world the authors of "Romeo and Juliet" (William Shakespeare), "Pride and Prejudice" (Jane Austen), "Dracula" (Bram Stoker) and "Harry Potter" (JK Rowling). British Isles, where now looking forward to the royal wedding, just amazing.
12. Running the automated transfer vehicle.
Company «Arianespace» and ESA held a launch orbital transfer device on the International Space Station. I wonder how far they were from each other?
13. Solar panels of the International Space Station.
ISS Solar panels are simply amazing. When the sun disappears behind the horizon, the last sunlight paints the solar panels in amazing shades.
14. French Riviera at night.
Côte d'Azur is not only a super-high cost and super-popular, but also super-beauty, which only emphasizes the reflection of the moon in the Mediterranean Sea. Perhaps this is the only place that can stand comparison with the south of California.
15. The bright lights of the night of Barcelona.
16. Supermoon.
March 19 residents of planet Earth could watch Supermoon - a phenomenon in which the moon closer to our planet as close as possible. The moon, photographed from the International Space Station, just beautiful, and this picture looks even more scary.
17. Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Cape Cod, which the locals call simply Cape - it is an island and a cape in the eastern part of Massachusetts. The sun is reflected in the water surface of the Atlantic Ocean, turning it into a living gold, set off by an amazing cape.
18. Moscow night
Moscow, a city with 11 million people - it is not only the capital of Russia, but also the center of European culture. The Russians - people are passionate, proud, sexy and smart, but at the same time refined, intelligent and with a great sense of humor. And in this photograph we see a picture of the heart of the super-powers. My heart is just incredibly well.
Most gave
19. Sunset over West Africa
This picture may be puzzled. We see a glimmer of the dying sunset. However, on the horizon visible glare. Due to successfully take foreshortening seems that there are two sources of light. But the sun, then we have one!
20. Sicily, Italy
Sicily is the birthplace of the Mafia because of the cycle of films "The Godfather." But in fact it is absolutely wonderful and magical island full of passionate people who love music and food, with desperate courage living in the shadow of the ancient volcano Etna. In this picture it is difficult to make out what it is reflected from the Mediterranean Sea - sunlight or moonlight. In any case, the picture amazing.
21. Lake Qadisiyah on the Euphrates River, owes its birth to the dam Hadithi. From space it looks like a ready to rush to attack the Chinese dragon. In Iraq, a lot of amazing places, which, unfortunately, did not get there because of the ongoing armed conflict that has lasted for many years. Perhaps someday we will be able to visit there, and in other historical places.
22. Atoll, shape resembling a heart, to the east of the Solomon Islands.
This atoll is particularly fond of the astronauts on the International Space Station. This picture they sent to Earth on Valentine's Day. Atoll - a coral island, which is partially or completely covered lagoon. If you look closely, you can see that in fact the atoll - is the tip of an old volcano.
23. Glacier San Quintin, Chile.
San Quintin Glacier - the largest glacier in Chile. Like many glaciers around the world in the twentieth century, San Quentin began to gradually shrink in size and lose mass. What was the reason: the natural consequences of natural factors or human action? Hard to say, simply enjoy the beauty of the amazing glacier.
24. Crete, Greece and Turkey
Beautiful, clear photos of Hellas (Greece), Turkey and Crete. In Crete there is a rich mythology associated primarily with the Greek gods, as well as the Minoan civilization. Crete in Greek mythology, is considered the birthplace of the god Zeus. Also here is the famous labyrinth of Knossos.
25. River Nile
Nile - the longest river in the world (6,650 km), located in North Africa. Below the picture you can see the place where merge the Blue Nile and the White Nile.
26. Buenos Aires, Argentina, La Plata
La Plata - the estuary flooding the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay and Parana on the border of Argentina and Uruguay. Photos resembles painting with silver vein running from the big heart on the left.
27. Cyclone Diana at Mesereau-east coast of Australia
In meteorology, a cyclone is an area called the closed circular motion, rotating in the same direction as the Earth. We previously had seen pictures of cyclones and hurricanes, but if you look at this picture you can see the bottom of the planet. Look at the center of the "eyes."
28. Desert Somalia.
This amazing red "coral" north of Bakaadveyn, west of Kalabadhlmag - a desert of Somalia. Strange feeling, is not it? -kazhetsya As if the Earth itself is bleeding. Amazing picture.
29. The National Park Chaco in Paraguay.
Chaco - a plain, whose area is about one million square kilometers. It captures part of Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil. Located on the edges of the clouds turn the planet down in a huge lizard scales. Maybe somewhere there lurks Godzilla?
30. The National Park Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina.
Lake Argentino in the province of Santa Cruz Patagonia. It is the largest lake in Argentina, whose area is 1466 square kilometers. But if you look properly, you can see the contours of the body as it were. It seems as if someone fell from the sky and left a dent.
31. Santiago, Cape Verde.
Cape Verde - is located in the center of the Atlantic Ocean, 570 km off the coast of West Africa, an archipelago of 10 islands. The title is the word of its "green", but even so, the terrain here is a little dry. Santiago - the largest island of the archipelago, in the south-east, it seems a little flat. Transcontinental slave trade made the city of Cidade Velha, in here, the second richest town in the Portuguese kingdom.
32. The Dead Sea, Israel.
The Dead Sea, which is also referred to as salinity - is, in fact, the salt lake bordering Jordan to the east, with Israel and the West Bank of the Jordan River in the west. This is the lowest place on land in the world, because its surface and shores are located at an altitude of 423 meters below sea level. It is difficult to swim, the water pushes, but you can just lie on the surface of the water.
Beautiful Planet
33. Rio Sao Francisco, Brazil.
Wonderful and unexpected composition creates the color and shape of the river and fields. It seems like a wonderful picture painted by the hand of God.
34. Sunset reflected in the Caspian Sea.
The Caspian Sea - the largest enclosed body of water on Earth, whose area is 371,000 square kilometers. This beautiful image we end today's release. Protect the planet - it is amazing and well worth it.
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