Incredible Photos Taken From ISS By Alex Gerst Are Quite Simply, Breathtaking

22 october 2014

Ever since Chris Hadfield brought cruising in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to the social media age, astronauts have had a tough time impressing up.

Pretty impressive, no?

Here's a selection of his finest photos so far.

Chile

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
Egypt and the Great Pyramid at Giza

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
Sicily and the 'boot' of Southern Italy

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
Texas oil fields

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
Alex Gerst

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Deforestation in Africa

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
Aotearoa, New Zealand

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
The Aral Sea

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
Mount Etna In Sicily

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
Europe by night

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
A sea of icebergs

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
Crop fields in the American Mid-West

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
The sand dunes of the Sahara

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
The Salar de Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
Tianjin in northern China

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
The UK

Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA
The Volga River, Russia, is Europe's longest river
All Alone in the Night - Time-lapse footage of the Earth as seen from the ISS