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Out of this world: The view from space 29 Apr 2012 04:05 #1

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www.independent.co.uk/news/science/out-o...m-space-7675819.html
Spectacular photos taken from the International Space Station

UK


The distinctive shape of the British Isles is formed by a dot-to-dot patchwork of lights as the Aurora Borealis illuminates the pitch black skyline; The Palm and World Islands in Dubai are seen in the aerial glory their designer intended; the moon sets below the Earth's horizon in place of the sun.

These are just some of the images captured by Dutch astronaut André Kuipers from 240 miles above our planet's surface, aboard the International Space Station.

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The European Space Agency (ESA) engineer, part of PromiSSe, the first long-duration mission for a European following the end of the Shuttle programme in July, said before his visit: "I remember how thing the Earth's atmosphere looks from space and how black the Universe is.

"It made me realise that billions of people live in a very fragile planet. We really should take care of it."

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Re: Out of this world: The view from space 29 Apr 2012 04:07 #2

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Further images from above article:

Europe at night captured by ESA astronaut, André Kuipers, from the ISS. In shot is the Soyuz TMA-03M module that carried Andre to the ISS in December 2011, and a Russian Progress freighter
Europe At Night


Northern Europe (Denmark with Copenhagen, Norway with Oslo, Sweden with Stockholm and Northern Germany) and Aurora Borealis
Northern Europe


Moonset
Moonset


City of London
City Of London


The Palm and The World Islands, Dubai. A further island chain is due to be built between these reclaimed lands, which will be called The Universe
Palm World


Wave patterns on the Canadian side of Lake Erie
Lake Erie


Wisps of sea ice at Okhotsk, Russian east coast
Sea Ice


Paris by night
Paris


Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch


The Mediterranean Sea. Africa to the right of the frame, Greece to the left
Med Sea


ATV Edoardo Amaldi docked with the ISS firing thrusters as part of the station's reboosting process. ATV-3 is crucial for this process, which puts the ISS back into a higher orbit
Docking


ESA astronaut André Kuipers on the ISS
Astronaut
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Re: Out of this world: The view from space 29 Apr 2012 04:18 #3

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cool,

i like the aurora on the side best though
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Re: Out of this world: The view from space 29 Apr 2012 04:22 #4

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batou wrote:
cool,

i like the aurora on the side best though

It's pretty cool. Makes Britain look a bit wanky and tiny, though.

Meh - truth hurts sometimes.
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Re: Out of this world: The view from space 29 Apr 2012 04:28 #5

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The European Space Agency (ESA) engineer, part of PromiSSe, the first long-duration mission for a European following the end of the Shuttle programme in July, said before his visit: "I remember how thing the Earth's atmosphere looks from space and how black the Universe is.

:cool2: :rofl: :rofl:

update:
he was fired from the space program and mercilessly mocked for remembering how thing the earths atmosphere was.
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Re: Out of this world: The view from space 29 Apr 2012 04:32 #6

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batou wrote:
The European Space Agency (ESA) engineer, part of PromiSSe, the first long-duration mission for a European following the end of the Shuttle programme in July, said before his visit: "I remember how thing the Earth's atmosphere looks from space and how black the Universe is.

:cool2: :rofl: :rofl:

update:
he was fired from the space program and mercilessly mocked for remembering how thing the earths atmosphere was.

'Journalists'... :roll:
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Re: Out of this world: The view from space 30 Apr 2012 01:08 #7

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Does anyone know what's happened to images here? They were fine all yesterday.

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Re: Out of this world: The view from space 30 Apr 2012 01:11 #8

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I can still see them ab.
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Re: Out of this world: The view from space 30 Apr 2012 01:35 #9

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psketti wrote:
I can still see them ab.

Yeah, they reappeared after I posted that. Maybe it's just me that couldn't see them?
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Should've gone to specsavers... :D
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