After a six - calendar month - prospicient stint aboard the International Space Station ( ISS ) , British and European Space Agency ( ESA ) cosmonaut Tim Peake hasreturned to Earth .
He recently state that he would return back to humanity ’s blank - based frontier settlement “ in a heartbeat , ” and based on his astrophotography , it ’s not hard to see why : The views from 400 kilometers ( 250 mile ) up are breathtaking . From cities and entire countries to volcanoes and coral reefs , his photography captures the sheer aesthetic admiration of the domain like few will ever have the fortune to see .
Here is a altogether subjective option of his top 10 photographs taken by the social medium - savvy , spacefaring Brit , as display on hisFlickrpage .
1 . The volcanoes of Kamchatka , Russia , covered in snow . They shape part of the Ring of Fire , one of the most volcanically active tracts on Earth .
2 . The southern sea-coast of Florida .
3 . The Aurora Australis . The lesser - acknowledge version of the Northern Lights .
4 . Mount Etna make a cheeky smoke . This vent is one of the most fighting and dangerous in the world .
5 . wholesale section of an unnamed stretch of African desert . Peake compares this picture to the aerofoil of Mars , and rightly so !
6 . The Bahamas : 50 shades of Amytal . The reefs in this part of the domain are particularly beautiful .
7 . London at midnight on a Saturday . “I’d rather be up here … but only just ! # toughcall , " Peake mark .
8 . US National Parks . Lake Powell , Lake Mead , and the Grand Canyon are all visible in this photograph .
9 . find out the Milky Way rise over the horizon .
10 . Canada ’s 210 - million - year - honest-to-god Manicouagan wallop crater .
What a stupendously beautiful planet . All exposure are credited to Tim Peake / ESA / NASA viaFlickr .
