Spectacular Scenes Over Planet Earth


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1. Night Approaches From the Left, Moonset Over a Blue Sky, and Broad Daylight to the Right – On May 11, 2003, at 20:03:04 UTC as the International Space Station (Expedition 7) Silently Travels High Above and Across Russian Federation .



2. The Sun's Late Afternoon Rays Reflect Off the Waters of the Strait of Messina Giving the Appearance of Liquid Gold On February 15, 2001 at 1413 UTC, A Beautiful View Seen From Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-98) While Over Italian Republic



3. Pitch Black Night, Earth's Terminator, and Full Daylight at 2205 GMT, June 17, 2001 As Seen From the International Space Station (Expedition 2).



4. Richat Structure, a Spectacular Geological Formation In the Maur Adrar Desert As Seen From the NASA/USGS Landsat 7 Satellite January 2001 Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah al Muritaniyah – Islamic Republic of Mauritania.




5. Early Morning Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-104), 5:03:59 a.m. EDT, July 12, 2001 NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, State of Florida, USA



6. Morning In the Amazon Basin, June 29, 2007 , República Federativa do Brasil – Federative Republic of Brazil As Seen From the International Space Station (Expedition 15)



7. Total Darkness, Earth's Terminator, and Full Daylight, July 1969 As Seen From the NASA's Apollo 11 Spacecraft



8. A Sea of Sand Dunes: Midmorning In the Grand Erg Oriental, August 27, 2007 at 09:18:47.795 GMT Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria As Seen From the International Space Station (Expedition 15)

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