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breath-taking views of earth from space!
Astronauts from NASA and its international affiliate programs took awe-inspiring photos of our planet from outer space.
The breath-taking photos show a peculiar purple ring around Tehran, Iran, as well volcanoes, deserts, Caribbean islands and Northern Lights, among other incredible sights.
The images were taken from from the International Space Station and posted online by NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and their space colleagues.
‘The Earth has problem skin; one popped, the other didn’t,’ Hatfield jokingly wrote after uploading a volcano that had erupted next to a one that had not.
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What is it? Chris Hadfield posted this photo on February 8 and wrote, ‘Tehran, Iran – shining in the night. Does anyone know what the bright blue oval is?’ Twitter users responded that the glowing oval was the city’s airport
Sand art: On February 10, Hadfield tweeted this photo with the caption, ‘If you give wind and sand enough time together, they create art’ (The region was not identified)
