Aurora imaged from Space

Originally shared by Pierre Markuse

Aurora imaged from Space

In this image you can see an aurora, taken by ESA astronaut Tim Peake (https://goo.gl/4HAAIV) from aboard the International Space Station (ISS). In his tweet Peake described flying through the aurora as "eerie but very beautiful".

What is an Aurora?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora

Tim Peake is aboard the ISS at the moment (Expedition 46, https://goo.gl/qG4Sza) and is posting pictures from space on his Twitter, follow him here: https://twitter.com/astro_timpeake

Read more about his Principia mission aboard the ISS here:
https://principia.org.uk/

Image credit: Aurora from Space ESA/NASA/Tim Peake https://goo.gl/LdsT19 / Edited by Pierre Markuse  

#science #aurora  #iss #principia #space #spacetechnology  #internationalspacestation #timpeake #photography

View of the Bahamas from the Cupola aboard the ISS

Originally shared by Pierre Markuse

View of the Bahamas from the Cupola aboard the ISS

In this image you can see a colorful view of the Bahamas from Space, taken by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (https://goo.gl/Ub9jKX) from aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

The Cupola with its seven windows was built by ESA (https://goo.gl/AZKxDy). The circular 80 centimeters (31 inches) window is the largest ever used in space. More information here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupola_(ISS_module)

Year in Space

Scott Kelly is currently on a one-year mission in space, joined by Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko (https://goo.gl/rGe08R). By extending the mission time from the usual six months to one year the researchers hope to better understand how the human body reacts and adapts to long-duration spaceflight. More on that here:
https://www.nasa.gov/content/a-year-in-space   

Scott Kelly frequently posts pictures from space on his Twitter, follow him here: https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly

Image credit: Bahamas from Space NASA/Scott Kelly https://goo.gl/Va4otS

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Earth from Space at Night

Originally shared by Pierre Markuse

Earth from Space at Night

A few images of cities at night taken from aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Click the links for more information on each image.

[1] Moscow, Russia
https://plus.google.com/+PierreMarkuse/posts/WYXtJMJEPJd

[2] Seoul, South Korea
https://plus.google.com/+PierreMarkuse/posts/2T56qoctg9N

[3] Dubai, United Arab Emirates
https://plus.google.com/+PierreMarkuse/posts/7UbZEy2M2y6

[4] Tokyo Bay and surroundings, Japan
https://plus.google.com/+PierreMarkuse/posts/GCbjdC5U4gE

More images of Earth from Space?

If you are interested in space images you should take a look at the 
Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth website. It allows you to search and browse images taken from the ISS and other missions and you cannot only download JPG images but also the digital raw files if you are interested in editing them yourself. You can find the website here:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/

Image credits: Astronaut photographs ISS037-E-13257,  ISS026-E-12328, ISS030-E-99324 and ISS026-E-16517. Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center / Edited by Pierre Markuse 

#science #internationalspacestation #iss  #earth #moscow #seoul  #tokyo #dubai #photography   #nightphotography