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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