BLUE BEAUTY Photos by Astronaut Sunita Williams

SANDSTORM LEAVING NORTH AFRICA TOWARDS

THE ATLANTIC – CANARY ISLAND

GIBRALTAR STRAITS

NIGHT ARRIVES BETWEEN EUROPE & AFRICA

SWISS ALPS

ICELAND

BLACK SEA

RED SEA

OUR PLANET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE AT NIGHT

SPECTACULAR!

Satellite photo of Europe and Africa at night on acloudless day.

Lights are already on in Paris, Barcelona but not inLondon, Lisbon or Madrid, where there is still daylight.

You can see the Azores in the middle of the ocean. Alittle below Madeira and further Canary Islands and CapeVerde.

You can observe the continent platforms from the BritishIsles to Canada and Iceland in the middle.

France

Iceland

Italy

Continental platform

UK

AFRICA

Already night time here.

Spain

Atlantic ocean

Cabo Verde Island

Canary Islands

Islas de la Madera y Azores

Grande São PauloRio de Janeiro

Belo HorizonteSalvador

Atlantic Ocean

Brazilian Continental Platform.

NIGHTFALL IN BRAZIL

Grande São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Salvador

Recife

Fortaleza

Brasília

Goiânia

UberlândiaBelo Horizonte

Florianópolis

NIGHTFALL IN USA

The biggest concentration of lights (from top to bottom) are the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington.

MiamiHouston

Dallas

ChicagoStill daylight in California

Puerto Rico

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