The Dutch physician and European Space Agency astronaut was selected to participate in International Space Station expeditions 30 and 31. Leaving the planet on December 21st 2011 and returning the following July, Andre Kuipers captured some absolutely incredible images of our planet.
The Argentine Coast
400 kilometers above Earth
The Southern Lights
Aruba
Atmospheric glow
the ATV, docked
The Australian Outback
The Bahamas
A bizarre interaction between light and the sunset
Canada
A comet as seen from the ISS
Europe
Flattened moonbeams
France: Paris is to the left, Toulouse is illuminated to the right
The Bahamas
A bizarre interaction between light and the sunset
Canada
A comet as seen from the ISS
Europe
Flattened moonbeams
France: Paris is to the left, Toulouse is illuminated to the right
A lateral view of the ISS
The ISS at moonlight
Istanbul, Turkey
Johannesburg, South Africa
Lake Powell, Las Vegas
The Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas