These pictures were made not by a companion, but by an ordinary person! As it turned out, the Dutch physician and astronaut Andre Kuipers, who studies at the International Space Station, is also fond of photography.
All the photographs and signatures to them (except the last) he did himself. Some pictures even seem unreal.
1. Structure of Rishat in Mauritania
2. Paris at night
3. Wishes from outer space
I wish everyone a bright and colorful year!
4. Somali desert
"Vienna" in the Somali desert.
5. The Tibetan Plateau, the Himalayas, Bhutan and Nepal
6. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Northern Germany and, of course, the northern lights "Aurora Borealis"
7. The river in Brazil
Brazil: the reflection of the sun in the river.
8. Flying aircraft
Aircraft flying to America. The distance to them is 389 kilometers.
9. Southern Lights between Antarctica and Australia
10. Sands of the Sahara
Sands of the Sahara stretch for hundreds of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean.
11. Ice spirals - the peninsula of Kamchatka, Russia
12. Different layers of the atmosphere
During sunrise and sunset, you can see different layers of the atmosphere.
13. White sands
Strong wind gusts in the White Sands Nature Reserve.
14. The Mediterranean Sea
The sun is reflected in the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas. Corsica, Sardinia and Northern Italy.
15. The Sahara Desert
16. And again the Sahara
17. Snow-covered Canada
The river is in snowy Canada. Or maybe it's a centipede?
18. Indian Ocean
Waves in the Indian Ocean. I wonder if they are above the water surface or under it? And how tall are they?
19. Lake Powell
Lake Powell and the Colorado River. A wonderful place: warm green water, white and red rocks, blue sky. And there is not a soul around!
20. Meteorite Crater in Canada
21. The Alps
Alps, of course, look very tempting, but, unfortunately, I did not take my skis with me ...
22. The Moon with the ISS
With the ISS, the moon looks the same as the Earth. Only it goes back and it goes on all the time.
23. Salt Lake City
A year ago I saw this city from an airplane and wrote on Twitter that I want to look at it from space. That's what happened.
24. Earth at night
25. Clouds with the ISS
ISS Commander Dan Burbenk knows a lot about the clouds!
26. Airplanes in the sky
27. The Movement of the Moon
That's how we see the moon. It moves clearly and slowly towards or away from the horizon.
28. The Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is an excellent source of colorful photos. Here one of the Gilbert islands is captured.
29. The Strait of Gibraltar
Here Africa meets with Europe.
30. Foam clouds
31. Etna
Once during the experiment I needed to sit quietly for 10 minutes. So I looked out the window and saw the active volcano Etna!
32. Australia
Australia is an amazing continent with beautiful structures.
33. Comet Lovejoy
The ISS commander, Dan Burbank, captured the comet Lovejoy. He was one of the first to see her appearance.