Universe Today
A crescent moon hovering above Earth's delicate atmosphere. Green aurora flickering over Siberia. Space is a beautiful place, and we're lucky right now to have an
experienced photographer
showing us the sights (or is that sites?) from the International Space Station.
In between preparing to be Japan's first commander of the orbiting complex, JAXA Expedition 38 astronaut
Koichi Wakata
has tweeted at least one picture a day showing the view out the window and activities that he's working on. It's hard to pick favorites, but here are some of the best ones of the past week or so.
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Expedition 38 JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata sports the Olympic rings in this photo taken aboard the International Space Station in 2014. Credit: Koichi Wakata (Twitter)[/caption]
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"Great to work on Capillary Flow Experiment-2, a research on liquid's "wetting" behavior," wrote JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata in January 2014. At the time, Wakata was on the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 38. Credit: Koichi Wakata (Twitter)[/caption]
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A night shot of Nagoya, Japan -- one of the country's largest cities -- by Expedition 38 JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata in 2014. Credit: Koichi Wakata (Twitter)[/caption]
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The aurora or northern lights over Siberia. Photo taken by Expedition 38 JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata in 2014 from the International Space Station. Credit: Koichi Wakata (Twitter)[/caption]
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"Patagonia glacier – amazing art of the nature," wrote JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata of this picture he snapped during Expedition 38 in 2014. Credit: Koichi Wakata (Twitter)[/caption]