Beauty in the apertures of pain

Stunning, rare photo of Antarctica seen from space

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Viewing Australia’s Great Sandy Desert From Space : Flying hundreds miles above, astronauts aboard the International Space Station photographed Lake Hazlett and Lake Willis in Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert. Hundreds of ephemeral salt lakes are peppered throughout the arid Australian Outback. (via NASA)

Russia at Night

The photo taken from the International Space Station by astronaut Barry Wilmore, the commander of Expedition 42.

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, Italy’s first woman in space, captures the glorious grandeur of Earth’s atmosphere from aboard the International Space Station – the best thing since poet Mark Strand and painter Wendy Mark’s lyrical love letter to clouds. 

i will love you when you are a hurricane i will love you when you are a still day

This is the view from the Soyuz capsule, the spacecraft that takes astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS), as it re-enters Earth’s atmosphere.

The photo taken from the International Space Station by astronaut Barry Wilmore, the commander of Expedition 42.

GREENWAY   The Aurora Australis is seen between Antarctica and Australia from aboard the International Space Station. (Photo: Andre Kuipers / European Space Agency / NASA via Reuters / The Telegraph)

“That’s what the ISS means to me: a permanent human presence in space. The orbital perspective open to all of us, through the eyes, the words, the hearts of fellow men and women… it’s all of us turning step-by-step into a space-faring civilization.” — Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA Astronaut [x]

image 1: The International Space Station orbiting Earth. Credit: NASA image 2: NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Expedition 24 flight engineer, looks through a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station. A blue and white part of Earth and the blackness of space are visible through the windows. The image was a self-portrait using natural light. Image credit: NASA/Tracy Caldwell Dyson. image 3: 50 Years Ago: Yuri’s Planet