Living on Earth we always can enjoy its beautiful landscapes, gorgeous mountains and limitless oceans but only a few can see our home planet from space. Luckily, through the lenses of their camera we too can feel the emotions one would have being hundreds of kilometers away from Earth.
Sputnik presents a photo gallery of amazing photos taken by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev in space. Follow him on Instagram.
Above: The area of Mount Guia Chung-Kang, the Himalayas.
Above: Oleg Artemyev performing the scientific experiment SPHERES aboard the International Space Station. SPHERES stands for Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites and involves two satellites that are used inside the space station to provide a miniature test-bed to study maneuvering capabilities and spacecraft measurement systems.
Above: A typhoon over the ocean.
Above: Patterns of the Sahara Desert.
Above: Evening clouds.
Above: Oleg Artemyev celebrating the 60th anniversary of the world’s first spaceport Baikonur, aboard the International Space Station.
Above: A supermoon. Moonset from the International Space Station.
Above: Russian Spacewalk, extravehicular activity 39 (EVA 39). August 18, 2014. Nanosatellite deployments.
Above: The Earth, clouds, Blue Ocean.
Above: Aurora Polaris over the South Pole.
Above: The Bahamas, Andros Island.
Above: After a spacewalk aboard the International Space Station.
