Russian astronaut Maksim Surayev aboard the International Space Station started his blog which is becoming more and more popular. Mostly, because of his original writing and the interesting things and weird pictures he’s talking about. All of this is mixed with humor and makes this blog unique.
Recently, he was talking about what ‘space smells like’, he wrote if you strike two granite stones with one another, it will give you this exact smell. Well, need to go there to smell it for myself :)
Or all the confusions in translation of canned food from Russian to English and vice versa.
He also wrote that all the astronauts on board have their little hobby, like, for example, growing lettuce and wheat, writing poems and diaries etc.
Now let’s take a look at the pictures.
I propose you to look at how the Earth looks from the space. What you will see inside the post is divinely beautiful.
To view the full photo, just click on it.
Now sit back and enjoy.
The pics were taken by NASA astronauts from the International Space Station. At first, the pics were not interesting because all of them were blurred, but techniques and devices evolved over the years and now, you can have beautiful clear photos.
One interesting thing is that Tokyo seen by night is rather green while other cities are more orange/yellow. In fact, the majority of the urban area in Tokyo has light green mercury vapour lamps instead of orange sodium vapour lamps.
You will see pictures by night of London, Madrid, Athens, Cairo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and lots more.
I always find pictures taken from space magic and beautiful. It makes us look small and at the same time it lets us contemplate all the beauty of the Earth.
You will see different pics taken from the ISS over the past few months after the jump.
The eruption happened on a Russian island in the North Pacific.
Thank to the photographs taken from the space (actually from the ISS at 220 miles above the Earth), we can enjoy this magnificent event.
“View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth.
Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree… After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons”.
The people who went and go to space are no doubt one of the luckiest people. Because they get the chance to see our home from space which is a priceless opportunity. But thanks to the space scientists and astronauts we can also see the glimpses of our earth from space through photographs.
Thanks to modern day space equipment we can capture any natural disaster or natural wonder, man made structures to landmarks. In just seconds satellites can capture every important event in earth’s history and archive it.
You can find many amazing photos of earth from space. But today we are presenting the best compilation of 26 amazing and outstanding photos of earth from space. This compilation contains photos of disasters, natural wonders, cities and landscapes.
Stunning pictures of repair mission to Hubble telescope. You have to see this.
Space - it is always beautiful!
All these photos were taken from space where you can see the various buildings and structures that closely resemble the letters of the alphabet.
Last week, we've shown this general picture and now we found all the images separately. Look.
Thanks to NASA and the Cassini spacecraft, we now have the opportunity to watch these remarkable images of Saturn.
Some time ago we couldn't even dream of doing that.
How beautiful our planet is. Every time I am amazed!
A magnificent series of photos, there is something mysterious and attractive in them.
And at the same time, it’s an indescribable beauty. The last 15 pictures can be enlarged by clicking on it.
The four Spanish students from the IES La Bisbal school of Catalonia have sent a camera to the stratosphere at a distance of 20 miles above the earth to take beautiful photos you’ll see after the jump.
It may seem very simple: a $77 digital camera Nikon Coolpix, a $60 latex balloon filled with helium, a few calculations and hop, you have great photos without using super expensive NASA equipment.
In truth, it was more complicated than that. But the idea is good and moreover, it was successful.
In bottom of the page, you will find links to flickr and the site (in Catalan) of these students for more details.
Stunning beauty. You should absolutely see it.
P.S. To see the picture in big, click it.
Some amazing photos of the Earth made from space from the different satellites or astronaut missions. You can find all these pictures with its detailed descriptions on the site the Earth Observatory.