The everlasting beauty of the cosmos

Space photos have a curious property. It seems that you have seen something similar many times already, but still they are beautiful. Even if you lose interest in them for a while, he still returns. Moreover, space agencies are trying to please us with new, high-quality photos. A long time ago, NASA moved from its portal to Flickr , then Roskosmos followed it. I bring to your attention a selection of photos from both accounts.

The cargo ship Progress burns in dense layers of the atmosphere. For de-orbiting, its speed is reduced slightly, in the region of 100 m / s, so he does not have time to go far from the station, and how he burns in the atmosphere can often be photographed.


NASA account, photo by Kathleen Rubens, it is in high resolution
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Lights of Europe and Orion constellation. On the right side of the frame, you can see Italy, and the winter constellation of Orion is now becoming visible on Earth ever earlier at night, ascending to the southeast. It is so clearly visible that of all the questions of friends “what it was in the sky”, Orion is almost half of the answers.


NASA account, photo Kathleen Rubens, it is also in high resolution .

Mooring of the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft. The differences from the ships of the previous series are noticeable - the white piece, similar to the Gatling gun, is a new antenna of the docking system, in its place there used to be a mechanically rotating antenna. Black square glitter on the right - a new LED headlight.


Roscosmos account, photo by Oleg Skripochka, it is in high resolution

"Unions" and "Progress" dock themselves, automatically. Only if some kind of accident occurs, astronauts interfere in the management. And the cargo ship Cygnus is caught by a manipulator and docked manually. Both ways give us beautiful photos. Mud spots on the photo - banal dirt on the porthole. Experiments are being performed with their cleaning - once on the “World” an attempt to clean the outside window made only worse, so caution is required in such a matter.


NASA account, the same photo in high resolution

Morning or evening on the “space parking” - the ships Cygnus, “Soyuz” and “Progress” against the background of the terminator.


NASA account, the same photo in high resolution

Space "economy". Folded solar panels of the Russian module, inflatable BEAM module and carefully covered docking port of the American segment.


NASA account, the same photo in high resolution

The reduction of the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft against the background of cumulus clouds. Picture taken from a search and rescue helicopter.


Roscosmos account, the same photo in high resolution

And so similar cumulus clouds look from the ISS


NASA account, photo by Kathleen Rubens, it is in high resolution

The infrequent and still unexplored type of clouds is silvery. They are visible mainly in the summer after sunset or shortly before sunrise.


Roscosmos account, photo by Oleg Skripochka, it is in high resolution

Forest fires around Marseille, August of this year. Despite the presence of satellites, astronauts have a real benefit in monitoring the situation on Earth. The astronaut will add his mind to the possibilities of optics, and, if lucky, he will even take a picture faster.


Roscosmos account, photo by Oleg Skripochka, it is in large size

Great Salt Lake and the city of Salt Lake City. The dam divides the lake into two parts, in which a different level and color of water.


Roscosmos account, photo by Oleg Skripochka, it is in high resolution

Whirlwinds in the lake.


NASA account, photo by Kathleen Rubens, it is in high resolution

The NASA account regularly publishes photographs taken both in space and on Earth (crew training, various events). Roscosmos account was less active earlier, but recently it began to publish new photos more often, for which many thanks to him. Do not forget to look there at least occasionally, to look at the ever-annoying cosmic beauty.