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You and I are very lucky as astronauts on the International Space Station continue to surprise us with new photos of our beautiful planet.

The chance to observe the Earth from space falls to very few lucky ones. So, we are grateful to the astronauts, NASA and the European Space Agency from the bottom of our hearts, and in case any of them are reading this - we once again say our sincere “thank you” to you! After all, before we could observe such views only in films created at Hollywood film studios. But these photos are real.

1. Maldives.

“We will open the sunny side of life to you” - this is the slogan of tourists lured by tour operators to the Maldives. Well, from the window of the International Space Station, they really look amazing. Well, order a cocktail with fruit slices and an umbrella in a glass, and go to the hammock to just relax while watching the amazing sunset?

2. Pacific Ocean, Hawaii.

Aloha! We are approaching the Hawaiian Islands. The big island is visible very clearly. Kilauea is known as "the world's only road volcano". Now he produces 250-650 thousand yards of lava per day. This amount is enough to fill a two-lane highway 32 km long.

3. Southern Lights, New Zealand.

Don't you think that the southern lights in this photo resemble a laser show - amazing and bewitching?

4. Night view of the east coast of Spain.

In front of you is the east coast of Spain at night, the Balearic Sea looks like a dark spot. At the top left is the island of Mallorca. Looking at Barcelona at night, you remember that for someone one of the cherished desires is to go to this city for the Barcelona match against Real Madrid.

5. Volcano Mannam, Papua New Guinea.

Mannam, also known as the "Great Volcano", is only 10 km in diameter. Mannam is a stratovolcano formed from changing layers of ash, lava and rock from previous eruptions. It is one of Papua New Guinea's most active active volcanoes, with frequent eruptions causing deaths, including 13 deaths in December 1996 and four more in March 2007. In general, this photo resembles a great scenery for some movie like Jurassic Park or King Kong.

6. International Space Station.

The ISS is located over the east coast of Argentina over the Gulf of San Matias. Looking at these photos, you can feel dizzy. Just imagine that you are up there, on board the International Space Station, looking at our planet upside down... - how is your vestibular apparatus?

7. Lake Beaver in Arkansas, USA.

Beaver Lake is a man-made body of water in the Ozark Mountains, located in northwest Arkansas, where the White River was born. Sometimes artificial reservoirs wipe forest fires off the face of the earth, but humanity continues to change the planet with amazing persistence.

8. East coast of the USA and the last ray of light on the horizon.

The US East Coast, New York and Long Island are at the bottom left. Would you like to see this panorama with your own eyes? What was the matter? Only $20 million...

9. Earth and stars.

So this is what the Milky Way looks like when the light of night cities does not overshadow it. I would like to quote Dr. McCoy from the world-famous Star Trek: “There is a mathematical probability in this galaxy that there are three million planets similar in type to the Earth. And there are three million million galaxies in the universe like this one. And they probably have at least one version of ourselves.”

10. Night clouds over Long Beach, California.

This is truly an amazing place - Long Beach. A place where you can meet the "Queen Mary" and the "Aquarium of the Pacific". But it is best to go on a trip by sea, where you can watch friendly gray whales. During migration, they swim up to the very shore.

11. Great Britain and Ireland at night.

These regions gave the world the authors of "Romeo and Juliet" (William Shakespeare), "Pride and Prejudice" (Jane Austen), "Dracula" (Bram Stoker) and "Harry Potter" (J. K. Rowling). The British Isles, where a royal wedding is now eagerly awaited, is simply amazing.

12. Launch of an automatic interorbital transport vehicle.
Arianespace and ESA launched an interorbital vehicle to the International Space Station. I wonder how far they were from each other?

13. Solar panels of the International Space Station.
The ISS solar panels are simply amazing. As the sun dips below the horizon, the last sunlight colors the solar panels in amazing hues.

14. French Riviera at night.
The Cote d'Azur is not only super-expensive and super-popular, but also super-beauty, which is only emphasized by the reflection of the moon in the Mediterranean Sea. Perhaps this is the only place that can compare with southern California.

15. Bright lights of night Barcelona.

16. Supermoon.
On March 19, the inhabitants of planet Earth could observe a supermoon - a phenomenon during which the full moon approached our planet as close as possible. The moon, photographed from the International Space Station, is simply beautiful, and in this photo it looks even a little scary.

17. Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Cape Cod, simply referred to locally as the Cape, is an island and headland in eastern Massachusetts. The sun is reflected in the water surface of the Atlantic Ocean, turning it into living gold, shading the amazing cape.

18. Moscow at night
Moscow, a city of 11 million people, is not only the capital of Russia, but also the center of European culture. The Russians are a passionate, proud, sexy and intelligent people, but at the same time refined, intelligent, and with a wonderful sense of humor. And in this photograph, we see the very heart of this superpower. And the heart is just incredibly beautiful.

20. Sicily, Italy
Sicily is considered the birthplace of the mafia thanks to the Godfather film series. But in fact, it is a beautiful and absolutely magical island, full of passionate people who love music and food, and live with desperate courage in the shadow of the ancient volcano Etna. In this picture it is difficult to make out what exactly is reflected from the Mediterranean Sea - sunlight or moonlight. Either way, the photo is amazing.

21. Lake Kadisiya on the Euphrates River, owes its birth to the Hadith Dam. From space, it looks like a Chinese dragon ready to attack. There are many amazing places in Iraq, which, unfortunately, cannot be reached due to the ongoing military conflict that has been going on for many years. Perhaps someday we will be able to visit there and other historical places.

22. Atoll, shaped like a heart, east of the Solomon Islands.
This atoll is especially loved by astronauts on the International Space Station. This picture they sent to Earth on Valentine's Day. An atoll is a coral island that partially or completely encloses a lagoon. If you look closely, you can understand that in fact this atoll is the top of an old volcano.

23. San Quentin Glacier, Chile.
The San Quentin Glacier is the largest glacier in Chile. Like many glaciers around the world, in the twentieth century, San Quentin began to gradually decrease in size and lose mass. What caused this: natural natural factors or the consequences of human actions? It's hard to say, it's easier to enjoy the beauty of the amazing glacier.

24. Crete, Greece and Turkey
A beautiful clear photo of Hellas (Greece), Turkey and the island of Crete. Crete has a rich mythology associated mainly with the Greek gods, but also with the Minoan civilization. Crete in Greek mythology is considered the birthplace of the god Zeus. Also here is the famous labyrinth of Knossos.

25. River Nile
The Nile is the longest river in the world (6650 km), located in North Africa. At the bottom of the picture you can see the place where the Blue Nile merges with the White Nile.

26. Buenos Aires, Argentina, La Plata
La Plata is an estuary, a flooded mouth of a river, formed at the confluence of the Uruguay and Parana rivers on the border of Argentina and Uruguay. The photo resembles a picture with a silvery vein coming from a large heart on the left.

27. Cyclone Diana off the eastern coast of Australia
In meteorology, a cyclone is an area of ​​closed circular motion that rotates in the same direction as the Earth. We've seen photos of cyclones and hurricanes before, but if you look closely, you can see the planet below in this photo. Look at the center of the "eye".

28. Desert Somalia.
This amazing red "coral" north of Bakaadwein, west of Calabadhlmag is the Somali desert. Strange feeling, isn't it? - it seems as if the earth itself is bleeding. Amazing photo.

29. Chaco National Park in Paraguay.
Chaco is a plain whose area is approximately one million square kilometers. It covers parts of Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil. The clouds at the edges turn the planet below into the scales of a huge lizard. Maybe Godzilla is lurking out there somewhere?

30. Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina.
Lake Argentino is located in the Santa Cruz province of Patagonia. It is the largest lake in Argentina with an area of ​​1466 square kilometers. But, if you look closely, you can see, as it were, the outlines of the body. It seems as if someone fell from the sky and left a dent.

31. Santiago, Cape Verde.
Cape Verde is located in the center of the Atlantic Ocean, 570 km from the coast of West Africa, an archipelago of 10 islands. It has the word "green" in its name, but despite this, the area here is a little dry. Santiago is the largest island in the archipelago and seems a bit flat in the southeast. The transcontinental slave trade made the city of Cidade Velha, located here, the second richest city in the Portuguese kingdom.

Earth is a planet of amazing beauty, conquering with its incredible beauty of landscapes. But if you look into the depths of space, using powerful telescopes, you understand: there is something to admire in space too. And photographs taken by NASA satellites, therefore confirmation.

1. Galaxy Sunflower

The Sunflower Galaxy is one of the most beautiful cosmic structures known to man in the universe. Its sweeping spiral arms are made up of new blue-white giant stars.

2. Carina Nebula

Although many consider this image to be photoshopped, it is actually a real shot of the Carina Nebula. Giant accumulations of gas and dust spread over more than 300 light years. This region of active star formation is located at a distance of 6,500 - 10,000 light years from Earth.

3. Clouds in the atmosphere of Jupiter

This infrared image of Jupiter shows the clouds in the planet's atmosphere colored differently depending on their height. Since a large amount of methane in the atmosphere limits the penetration of sunlight, the yellow areas are the clouds at the highest level, the red ones are at the middle level, and the blue ones are the lowest clouds.

What's really amazing about this image is that it shows the shadows of all three of Jupiter's largest moons - Io, Ganymede and Callisto. An event like this happens about once every ten years.

4. Galaxy I Zwicky 18

The image of the galaxy I Zwicky 18 looks more like a scene from Doctor Who, which gives a special cosmic beauty to this image. The dwarf irregular galaxy puzzles scientists because some of its star formation processes are typical of galaxy formation in the earliest days of the universe. Despite this, the galaxy is relatively young: its age is only about a billion years.

5. Saturn

The dimmest planet that can be seen from Earth with the naked eye, Saturn is generally considered the favorite planet for all aspiring astronomers. Its remarkable ring structure is the most famous in our universe. The image was taken in infrared to show the subtle hues of Saturn's gaseous atmosphere.

6 Nebula NGC 604

More than 200 very hot stars make up the NGC 604 nebula. The Hubble Space Telescope was able to capture the nebula's impressive fluorescence caused by ionized hydrogen.

7 Crab Nebula

Compiled from 24 individual images, this photograph of the Crab Nebula shows a supernova remnant in the constellation Taurus.

8. Star V838 Mon

The red ball in the center of this image is the star V838 Mon, surrounded by many dust clouds. This incredible photo was taken after the star's outburst caused a so-called "light echo" that pushed dust further away from the star and into space.

9. Westerlund 2 clusters

The image of the Westerlund 2 cluster was taken in infrared and visible light. It was published in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope in Earth's orbit.

10. Hourglass

One of the creepy images (in fact, the only one of its kind) that NASA has taken is of the Hourglass Nebula. It was named so because of an unusually shaped gas cloud, which was formed under the influence of a stellar wind. It all looks like a terrible eye that looks from the depths of space at the Earth.

11. Witch's broom

All the colors of the rainbow can be found in this image of part of the Veil Nebula, which is 2,100 light-years from Earth. Due to its elongated and thin shape, this nebula is often referred to as the Witch's Broom.

12. Constellation of Orion

In the constellation of Orion, you can see a real giant lightsaber. It is, in fact, a jet of gas under enormous pressure, which creates a shock wave upon contact with the surrounding dust.

13. Explosion of a supermassive star

This image shows the explosion of a supermassive star that looks more like a birthday cake than a supernova. Two loops of star remnants extend unevenly, while a ring in the center surrounds the dying star. Scientists are still looking for a neutron star or black hole at the center of a former giant star.

14. Whirlpool Galaxy

Although the Whirlpool Galaxy looks great, it hides a dark secret (literally) - the galaxy is full of predatory black holes. On the left, the Whirlpool is shown in visible light (i.e., its stars), and on the right, in infrared light (its dust cloud structures).

15. Orion Nebula

In this image, the Orion Nebula looks like the open mouth of a Phoenix bird. The picture was taken in infrared, ultraviolet and visible light to create an incredibly colorful and detailed image. The bright spot in place of the bird's heart is four giant stars, about 100,000 times brighter than the Sun.

16. Ring Nebula

As a result of the explosion of a star similar to our Sun, the Ring Nebula was formed - beautiful hot layers of gas and the remnants of the atmosphere. All that's left of the star is a small white dot in the center of the picture.

17. Milky Way

If someone needs to describe what hell looks like, they can use this infrared image of the core of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Hot, ionized gas swirls at its center in a giant whirlpool, and massive stars are born in various places.

18. Nebula Cat's eye

The stunning Cat's Eye Nebula is made up of eleven rings of gas that predated the formation of the nebula itself. The irregular internal structure is believed to be the result of a fast-moving stellar wind that has "teared" the bubble shell at both ends.

19. Omega Centauri

Over 100,000 stars clustered together in the globular cluster Omega Centauri. The yellow dots are middle-aged stars, like our Sun. The orange dots are older stars, and the large red dots are stars in the red giant phase. After these stars shed their outer layer of hydrogen gas, they turn bright blue.

20. Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula

One of NASA's most popular photographs of all time is the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula. These giant formations of gas and dust were captured in the visible light range. The pillars change over time as they are "weathered" by stellar winds from nearby stars.

21. Stephen's Quintet

Five galaxies, known as "Stefan's Quintet" are constantly "fighting" with each other. Although the blue galaxy in the upper left corner is much closer to Earth than the others, the other four are constantly "stretching" each other apart, distorting their shapes and tearing their arms.

22. Nebula Butterfly

Informally known as the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302 is actually the remains of a dying star. Its ultraviolet radiation causes the gases ejected by the star to glow brightly. Butterfly wings span more than two light years, that is, half the distance from the Sun to the nearest star.

23. Quasar SDSS J1106

Quasars are the result of supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies. The quasar SDSS J1106 is the most energetic quasar ever found. About 1,000 light-years from Earth, SDSS J1106 emits about 2 trillion suns, or 100 times the entire Milky Way.

24. Nebula "War and Peace"

The nebula NGC 6357 is one of the most dramatic pieces in the sky and it's no surprise that it has been unofficially dubbed "War and Peace". Its dense network of gas forms a bubble around the bright Pismis 24 star cluster, then uses its ultraviolet radiation to heat up the gas and push it out into the universe.

25. Carina Nebula

One of the most breathtaking images of space is the Carina Nebula. The interstellar cloud, consisting of dust and ionized gases, is one of the largest nebulae visible in the earth's sky. The nebula consists of countless star clusters and even the brightest star in the Milky Way galaxy.

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1. Go, "Discovery"! On October 23, 2007 at 11:40 am, I went into space for the first time on the Discovery shuttle. He's beautiful... it's a pity that this is his last flight. I look forward to boarding the ship and it will arrive at the station in November.

2. Earth radiance. The space station in the blue earth glow that appears when the rising sun penetrates our planet's thin atmosphere and the station is bathed in blue light. I will never forget this place… from such a sight the soul sings, and the heart wants to fly.

3. NASA astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock.

4. Juan de Nova Island in the Mozambique Channel between Madagascar and Africa. The amazing color scheme of these places can compete with the views of the Caribbean.

5. Northern lights in the distance on one of the beautiful nights over Europe. The photo clearly shows the Strait of Dover, however, like Paris, the city of lights. Light fog over the western part of England, in particular over London. How incredible to see the lights of cities and towns against the backdrop of deep space. I will miss this view of our amazing world.

6. “Fly me to the Moon…let me dance among the Stars…” (Take me to the Moon, let's dance among the stars). I hope we never lose the sense of wonder. A passion for exploration and discovery is a great legacy to leave to your children. I hope someday we will set sail and go on a journey. Someday this wonderful day will come...

7. Of all the places on our magnificent planet, few can compete in beauty and richness of colors with. This photo shows our Progress-37 ship with the Bahamas in the background. How beautiful is our world!

8. At a speed of 28,163 km/h (8 km/s)… we orbit the Earth, making one revolution every 90 minutes, and watching sunsets and sunrises every 45 minutes. So half of our journey takes place in total darkness. For work, we simply need lights on helmets. In this photo, I am preparing the handle of one device ... "M3 Ammonia Connector".

9. Every time I look out the window and see our beautiful planet, my soul sings! I see blue skies, white clouds and a bright blessed day.

10. Another spectacular sunset. In Earth's orbit, we see 16 such sunsets every day, and each of them is truly valuable. This beautiful thin blue line is what sets our planet apart from many others. It is cold in space, and the Earth is an island of life in the vast dark sea of ​​space.

11. A beautiful atoll in the Pacific Ocean, photographed with a 400mm lens. Approximately 1930 km south of Honolulu.

12. Beautiful reflection of sunlight in the eastern Mediterranean. There are no borders visible from outer space… From there, only a breathtaking view opens up, like, for example, the view of this island of Cyprus.

13. Over the center of the Atlantic Ocean, before another amazing sunset. Below, in the rays of the setting sun, the spirals of Hurricane Earl are visible. An interesting look at the life energy of our sun. Sunbeams on the station's port side and on Hurricane Earl...these two objects are collecting the last bits of energy before plunging into darkness.

14. A little further east we saw the sacred monolith of Uluru, better known as Ayers Rock. I have never had the opportunity to visit Australia, but someday I hope to be able to stand next to this natural wonder.

15. Morning over the Andes in South America. I do not know for sure the name of this peak, but I was simply amazed by its magic, stretching towards the sun and winds of the peaks.

16. Over the Sahara desert, approaching ancient lands and thousands of years of history. The Nile River flows through Egypt past the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo. Further, the Red Sea, the Sinai Peninsula, the Dead Sea, the Jordan River, as well as the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea and Greece on the horizon.

17. Night view of the Nile River, serpentine through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea, and Cairo, located in the river delta. What a contrast between the dark, lifeless desert of North Africa and the Nile River, on the banks of which life is in full swing. The Mediterranean Sea is visible in the distance in this picture taken on a beautiful autumn evening.

18. Our unmanned 'Progress 39P' approaching the ISS for refueling. It is full of food, fuel, spare parts and everything we need for our station. Inside was a real gift - fresh fruits and vegetables. What a miracle after three months of tube feeding!

20. Soyuz 23C Olympus module docked to the nadir side. When our work is done here, we will return home to Earth. I thought you'd be interested in seeing this spectacle through the Dome. We are flying over the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus. The rising sun reflects off the Caspian Sea.

21. A flash of color, movement and life on the canvas of our amazing world. This is part of the Great Barrier Reef off the east coast of Australia, shot through a 1200mm lens. I think even the great impressionists would be amazed by this natural picture.

22. All the beauty of Italy on a clear summer evening. You can see many beautiful islands that adorn the coast - Capri, Sicily and Malta. Naples and Mount Vesuvius stand out along the coast.

23. At the southern end of South America lies the pearl of Patagonia. The amazing beauty of the rocky mountains, massive glaciers, fjords and the open sea are combined in amazing harmony. I dreamed about this place. I wonder what it's like to breathe in the air there. Real magic!

24. The "dome" on the nadir side of the station gives a panoramic view of our beautiful planet. Fedor took this picture from the window of the Russian docking bay. In this photo, I'm sitting in the dome, getting my camera ready for our evening flight over Hurricane Earl.

27. Clear starry night over the eastern Mediterranean. Ancient lands with a thousand-year history stretch from Athens to Cairo. Historical lands, fabulous cities and enticing islands... Athens - Crete - Rhodes - Izmir - Ankara - Cyprus - Damascus - Beirut - Haifa - Amman - Tel Aviv - Jerusalem - Cairo - they all turned into tiny lights on this cool November night. From these places it seems to breathe grace and tranquility.

28. At this time of the year, you can fully enjoy the beauty of the polar mesospheric clouds. With our high light angle, we were able to capture a thin layer of noctilucent clouds at sunset.

29. Shannon, myself and Fedor in our Falcon suits in the MRM-1 module. We boarded the Olympus capsule to seal and check for leaks on our suits. All systems are running, the countdown has begun.

It is possible to cover several countries at once with your eyes only from space. A stunning picture opens up to our eyes when viewing the planet Earth from outer space in photographs and videos taken from the satellite. A particularly breathtaking image and view is obtained when shooting at night. The bright lights of the cities and the northern lights of some regions will not leave anyone indifferent. In this article we will look at the most interesting pictures from space.

Pictures taken in space not only make it possible for scientists to study the surface of the earth, but remind us mere mortals that we live on a relatively small pebble, which is actually very fragile.

The farther satellites and spaceships are from our planet, the more colorful and amazing the views of the Earth in photos and videos are. So the DSCOVR space shuttle, being several million kilometers from Earth, sees the part of our planet flooded with the sun.

Planet Earth. Sunny side

From this wonderful angle, the ship often takes photographs of the eclipses of the Moon, which runs like a shadow over the entire surface of the globe. Only when the shadow merges with the surface of the Earth, such masterpieces are obtained.

Lunar eclipse of the Earth

Photos of Earth from space

This image of planet Earth, taken in 1972 by the crew of the Apollo 17 lunar mission, is the most reproduced and popular in the history of astronautics.

Photo of Earth taken in 1972

Although no one still knows the name of the astronaut who captured the view of a wonderful, marble model of the planet. One thing is known that the picture was taken at a distance of 44 thousand kilometers from the Earth.

Incredible miracles are revealed to astronauts at night. From above, they can see the various shades of city lights, as well as the deep blue of the endless oceans.

Astronauts on the background of the Earth

Many photos of the earth are taken from the international space station, which are then published in various magazines. For those who do not have enough static images of our Earth from space, as well as those who do not have a professional telescope at home, they can observe on their own in a full-fledged telescope online.

The sponli.com online telescope will allow you to view the Earth from different angles

Have you long dreamed of seeing outer space with your own eyes with a telescope? Now you have such an opportunity. To do this, you need a computer or laptop and a stable Internet connection. Follow the link http://web.sponli.com/scope-online-ru/ and you will be able to observe several objects of our solar system. On the right are photos of the Earth, the Moon and other planets from space, which are updated every 5 minutes. To the left of the window are the observatory devices that allow you to take these pictures.

Online telescope sponli.com

View from space thanks to Google

In Google maps, 20 planets of the solar system and their satellites, as well as the interior of the international space station, are available for online viewing. Each model of the planet is worked out in great detail, on them you can distinguish each crater. Models were created according to the latest data that scientists have today. For information, open https://google.com/maps/, tap the menu button in the upper right corner and select Satellite. If you currently have an approximate area of ​​the Earth displayed, then use the mouse wheel to move our planet as far as possible and you will see a list on the left. Stop your choice on any object.

Planets in Google.Maps

You will see a model of the planet that you have chosen from the list. You can move it, flip it to the sunny or night side and examine each area. The planets are presented in sufficient detail for a general overview, but all of them cannot be considered in such detail as our Earth. On each selected celestial body, you can find the name of craters and depressions, all of which are displayed as they approach the surface of the planet.

By choosing the International Space Station, you will be able to see all the details of the interior with your own eyes. Even the inscriptions on the boxes and wires are visible here. And from the windows you can see the blue-and-white areas of our native Earth. Using the mouse buttons, you can move the camera to any point inside the space station. In order to "pass" further through the station, use the mouse wheel, scrolling it forward to approach the desired object. This representation of the station was obtained in the course of gluing photos and videos taken earlier. To view our planet Earth from space, select "Globe" from the list.

Every day new real photos of the Cosmos appear on the site portal. Astronauts effortlessly capture the majestic views of the cosmos and planets that appeal to millions of people.

Most often, a high-quality photo of the Cosmos is provided by the NASA aerospace agency, laying out for free access incredible views of stars, various phenomena in outer space and planets, including the Earth. Surely you have repeatedly seen photographs from the Hubble telescope, which allows you to see what was previously not available to the human eye.

Never seen before nebulae and distant galaxies, emerging stars cannot but surprise with their diversity, attracting the attention of romantics and ordinary people. Fairy-tale landscapes of gas clouds and stardust reveal mysterious phenomena to us.

the site offers its visitors the best pictures taken from the orbiting telescope, which constantly reveals the secrets of the Cosmos. We are very lucky, as astronauts always surprise us with new real photos of the Cosmos.

Every year, the Hubble team releases an incredible photo to commemorate the anniversary of the launch of the space telescope, which falls on April 24, 1990.

Many believe that thanks to the Hubble telescope, which is in orbit, we get high-quality images of distant objects in the universe. The pictures are really very high quality, with high resolution. But what the telescope gives out are black and white photos. Where do all these mesmerizing colors come from? Almost all this beauty appears as a result of processing photos with a graphic editor. And it takes quite a lot of time.

Real photos of Space in high quality

The opportunity to go into space is given only to a few. So we should be thankful to NASA, astronauts and the European Space Agency for regularly bringing us new images. Previously, we could only see something like this in Hollywood films. We have photos of objects outside the solar system: star clusters (globular and open clusters) and distant galaxies.

Real photos of space from the Earth

A telescope (astrograph) is used to photograph celestial objects. It is known that galaxies and nebulae have low brightness, and long exposures must be used to capture them.

And this is where the problems begin. Due to the rotation of the Earth around its axis, even with a small increase in the telescope, the daily movement of the stars is noticed, and if the device does not have a clock drive, then the stars will be obtained in the form of dashes in the images. However, not all so simple. Due to the inaccuracy of setting the telescope to the celestial pole and the errors of the clock drive, the stars, writing out the curve, slowly move across the field of view of the telescope, and point stars are not obtained in the photograph. In order to completely eliminate this effect, it is necessary to use guiding (an optical tube with a camera is placed on top of the telescope, aimed at the guiding star). Such a tube is called a guide. Through the camera, the image is fed to a PC, where the image is analyzed. In the event that the star shifts in the guide's field of view, the computer sends a signal to the telescope's mount motors, thereby correcting its position. Thus achieve point stars in the picture. Then a series of shots are taken with a slow shutter speed. But due to the thermal noise of the sensor, the photos are grainy and noisy. In addition, spots from dust particles on the matrix or optics may appear in the pictures. You can get rid of this effect with the help of a caliber.

Real photos of the Earth from space in high quality

The richness of the lights of night cities, the meanders of rivers, the harsh beauty of mountains, the mirrors of lakes looking from the depths of continents, the boundless World Ocean and a huge number of sunrises and sunsets - all this is reflected in real pictures of the Earth taken from space.

Enjoy a wonderful selection of photos from the portal site taken from space.

The biggest mystery for mankind is space. Outer space is represented to a greater extent by emptiness, and to a lesser extent by the presence of complex chemical elements and particles. Most of all in space is hydrogen. There is also interstellar matter and electromagnetic radiation. But outer space is not only cold and eternal darkness, it is an indescribable beauty and a breathtaking place that surrounds our planet.

The portal site will show you the depths of outer space and all its beauty. We offer only reliable and useful information, we will show unforgettable high-quality space photos taken by NASA astronauts. You will see for yourself the charm and incomprehensibility of the biggest mystery for mankind - space!

We have always been taught that everything has a beginning and an end. Only it's not! Space has no clear boundary. As you move away from the Earth, the atmosphere is rarefied and gradually gives way to outer space. Where the boundaries of space begin is not exactly known. There are a number of opinions of different scientists and astrophysicists, but no one has yet provided concrete facts. If the temperature had a constant structure, then the pressure would change according to the law - from 100 kPa at sea level to absolute zero. The International Aviation Station (IAS) has established a high-altitude boundary between space and the atmosphere at 100 km. It was called the Karman line. The reason for marking this particular height was the fact that when pilots rise to this height, the earth's gravity ceases to influence the flying apparatus, and therefore it goes to the "first space speed", that is, to the minimum speed for the transition to a geocentric orbit.

American and Canadian astronomers measured the beginning of the impact of cosmic particles and the limit of control of atmospheric winds. The result was recorded at the 118th kilometer, although NASA itself claims that the boundary of space is located at the 122nd kilometer. At this altitude, the shuttles switched from conventional maneuvering to aerodynamic maneuvering and, thus, "rested" on the atmosphere. During these studies, the astronauts kept a photo report. On the site, you can view these and other photos of space in high quality in detail.

Solar system. Photo of space in high quality

The solar system is represented by a number of planets and the brightest star - the sun. The space itself is called interplanetary space or vacuum. The vacuum of space is not absolute, it contains atoms and molecules. They were discovered using microwave spectroscopy. There are also gases, dust, plasma, various space debris and small meteors. All this can be seen in the photos taken by the astronauts. Producing a high quality photo shoot in space is very easy. At space stations (for example, VRC) there are special "domes" - places with the maximum number of windows. Cameras are attached to these places. The Hubble telescope and its more advanced counterparts greatly helped in ground-based photography and space exploration. Similarly, astronomical observations can be made at virtually all wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum.

In addition to telescopes and special instruments, you can photograph the depths of our solar system using high-quality cameras. It is thanks to space photographs that all mankind can appreciate the beauty and grandeur of outer space, but our portal "website" will demonstrate it clearly in the form of a photo of space in high quality. For the first time during the DigitizedSky project, the Omega Nebula was photographed, which was discovered back in 1775 by J.F. Chezo. And when astronauts used the panchromatic context camera during their exploration of Mars, they were able to photograph strange bumps that were unknown to date. In the same way, the nebula NGC 6357, which is located in the constellation Scorpio, was captured from the European Observatory.

Or maybe you have heard about the famous photograph, which presented traces of the former presence of water on Mars? More recently, the Mars Express spacecraft has demonstrated the actual colors of the planet. Channels, craters and a valley became visible, in which, most likely, liquid water was once present. And this is not all the photos depicting the solar system and the mysteries of space.