Here is a higher quality (i.e. 5120 × 3413) and less cropped version of this image. Here is the source. Credit to the photographer, Alexander Gerst, who took this on July 14, 2018.
Amazon River These photos give an idea of why the legendary Amazon River has fascinated so many explorers
Alexander Gerst (born 3 May 1976 in Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg) is a German European Space Agency astronaut and geophysicist, who was selected in 2009 to take part in space training. He was part of the International Space Station Expedition 40 and 41 from May to November 2014. Gerst returned to space on June 6, 2018, as part of Expedition 56/57. He was the Commander of the International Space Station. He returned to Earth on December 20, 2018. After the end of his second mission and before being surpassed by Luca Parmitano in 2020, he held the record for most time in space of any active ESA astronaut (362 days), succeeding Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, and German ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter, who formally held the record for the longest time in space for any active or retired ESA astronaut.
Spartan2470 on September 8th, 2021 at 17:23 UTC »
Here is a higher quality (i.e. 5120 × 3413) and less cropped version of this image. Here is the source. Credit to the photographer, Alexander Gerst, who took this on July 14, 2018.
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Lotsofnots on September 8th, 2021 at 17:29 UTC »
Oxbow lakes! Finally my geography lessons seem worthwhile!
GeppaN on September 8th, 2021 at 18:30 UTC »
Imagine how many lifeforms are in this picture.