A few nice space images I found:

Menindee Lakes, New South Wales, Australia (NASA, International Space Station, 12/03/11)

Image by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
The Menindee Lakes, New South Wales, Australia are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 30 crew member on the International Space Station. The Menindee Lakes comprise a system of ephemeral, freshwater lakes fed by the Darling River when it floods. The lakes lie in the far west of New South Wales, Australia, near the town of Menindee. The longest is Lake Tandou (18.6 kilometers north–south dimension), visible at the upper right of this photograph. The lakes appear to have a small amount of water flooding them. The Darling River itself was flowing, as indicated by the dark water and blackened mud along its course (left). The Darling River flows southwest in tortuous fashion (bottom left to upper right). In the flat landscapes of this part of Australia, the river has created several inland deltas in its course to the sea, with characteristic diverging channel patterns, marked by younger sediments, which appear grayer than the surrounding ancient red soils and rocks. One such inland delta appears at right where minor channels wind across the countryside. The apex of another inland delta appears at upper right. Some of the Menindee Lakes have been incorporated in an artificially regulated overflow system providing for flood control, water storage for domestic use and livestock, as well as downstream irrigation. The lakes are also important as wetlands supporting a rich diversity of birds. The floor of one lake, Lake Tandou, is also used as prime agricultural land, as can be seen by its patchwork of irrigated fields, and is protected from flooding.

Image credit: NASA

Original image:
spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-30/html/…

More about space station research:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html

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Taking Pictures From Space (NASA, 09/08/09)

Image by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
I thought this was a great way to see how we get some of those great images taken from space…

Using a still camera at a window on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, STS-128 mission specialist, photographs the International Space Station (visible through the window) after the undocking of the two spacecraft.

Image credit: NASA

Original image/caption:
spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-20/html/…

Space 1999 (Cosmos 1999)

Image by Franck Chicot
Merci petit papa Noël 😉
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_1999
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_1999
www.space1999.net/