Gallery: Dazzling Photos Let You Orbit Earth Aboard the Space Station

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    Tim Peake
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    "Getting a photo masterclass from Scott Kelly – magical aurora. Magical aurora over northern Canada, taken from a point just north of Vancouver. Canadian Rockies, Banff and Jasper national parks in foreground." Edmonton, Canada
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    Tim Peake
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    "Spotted a volcano smoking away on Russia's far east coast this morning—heat has melted snow around the top." Klyuchevskaya Sopka on the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia.
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    Tim Peake
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    "I was looking for Antarctica—hard to spot from our orbit. Settled for a moonset instead." The moon, taken while over the Southern Atlantic Ocean.
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    Tim Peake
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    "We have phases of 'short nights' on the International Space Station—sunlight is nearly always visible right now." Italy, taken from over Tunis, Tunisia.
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    Tim Peake
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    "From space it's easy to see how nature has sculpted the landscape. This is Ennedi, in Chad." (Ouniaga Serir, Ennedi, Chad)
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    Tim Peake
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    "New Zealand looking stunning in the sunshine!" Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea in New Zealand.
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    Tim Peake
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    "Thick green fog of aurora." Aurora australis over the Southern Indian Ocean.
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    Tim Peake
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    "These little town blues..." (Manhattan, NY (center) and Jersey City, NJ (bottom), USA.
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    Tim Peake
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    "Congratulations on a successful launch Alexei, Oleg and Jeff—welcome to space!" The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft arriving at the International Space Station, over Christchurch, New Zealand.
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    Tim Peake
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    "A little motivation for a Monday morning..." Sunrise over Europe.
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