NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock, who is currently aboard the International Space Station, has shared some of the pictures he has taken from space of the world. He has shared these pictures through Twitter, which is a way of communicating with our planet, since the space station where he is located has internet access. He has currently more than 105.000 followers on Twitter.
Italy and Malta is seen here. Lovely lights during a summer night.
Florida and South-Eastern U.S.A. in the evening.
Eastern Mediterranean.
The Northern lights in the distance are evident here, one of the finest nights over Europe. Paris and other French cities are clearly seen. A fog is seen over London.
The beautiful and colourful Bahamas. Also part of the space ship is photographed here.
The astronauts travel at a speed of 28.163 kilometres per hour (8 kilometres per second), they rotate the Earth's orbit, making one revolution every 90 minutes and watch sunsets and sunrises every 45 minutes. This means that half of the journey is in darkness.
A beautiful Pacific Ocean island, south of Honolulu.
Eastern Mediterranean, reflecting the sun. Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Israel, Lebanon and Palestine are seen here.
Over the Sahara desert, approaching the ancient lands and thousand years of history.
Night view of the River Nile, stretching like a snake through Egypt to the Mediterranean. Its interesting to see how most of the lights in Egypt are surrounding the Nile.
Greece as seen from the North of the Balkan region. Athens and Thessaloniki are the two shiniest cities in this picture. Douglas quotes " Unreal feeling arises when one sees the beauty of the ancient earth from space".
Astronaut Douglas Wheelock
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