MOSCOW, December 27 (Sputnik) – Alexander Gerst, an astronaut with the European Space Agency (ESA), released a stunning timelapse video of the Earth as seen from the International Space Station (ISS).
A #4K timelapse showing our planet in motion, from my favourite Earth images during the #BlueDot mission. #UltraHD http://t.co/QNDhQLw3fc
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) 25 декабря 2014
Gerst, a geophysicist and a volcanologist, spent six months on the ISS on the ESA’s Blue Dot mission, launched in May 2014. Gerst was tasked with conducting experiments in physics, biology and human physiology. He also researched radiation and carried out technology demonstrations, according to the ESA. He performed one spacewalk during his mission.
Gerst has published several of the photos from his extensive Blue Dot archive on his official Twitter account.
We saw these rust colored brine pools often at the lowest parts of salt lakes (Great Salt Lake, Utah) pic.twitter.com/E5jVW0699C
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) 23 ноября 2014
More #Aurora. #BlueDot archive #TwitterTuesday @Flickr https://t.co/lQMfRRtW1W pic.twitter.com/wlcmwBi7EB
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) 9 декабря 2014
My favorite photo of #London. An urban remnant of nature's symmetry. #BlueDot archive https://t.co/P1glmK8c1z pic.twitter.com/mn1xNwtVhr
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) 8 декабря 2014
The North African deserts are one of the most impressive landscapes on our planet. #BlueDot archives pic.twitter.com/odM4gQ85ea
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) 28 ноября 2014
To realize how fragile our little blue planet is, I needed only a single glance. #BlueDot pic.twitter.com/HCrMXZTFh5
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) 8 ноября 2014
This is how #Earth's shadow looks from the side, detaching from the surface at the day-night line into infinity pic.twitter.com/Jdpr5uWptS
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) 6 ноября 2014
R-6: Checking my space suit for the ride #home. #BlueDot pic.twitter.com/Iux0HcliNe
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) 4 ноября 2014
