An astronaut popping up like a curious mierkat from within his International Space Station nest is my new favourite picture . A close runner - up is the milklike Way spilling into the sky over yellow Sahara sands .
Top image : Alex Gerst poking over part of the station duringthe first spacewalk of Expedition 41 , posted by Gerst tohis Twitter feed the next mean solar day . recognition : NASA
The runner up for my late favorite picture from the space station was snapped by Reid Wiseman in the day chair up to his spacewalk . He caption it , “ The whitish Way steals the show from Sahara sands that make the Earth glow orange . ”
Silhouette of the blank station against the yellowish guts of the Sahara , red incandescence of the atmosphere , and patrician - regal superstar of Milky Wayusually lost to us in the urban glow of city lights . persona credit : NASA / Wiseman
Wiseman is currently preparing for his next spacewalk , this time with Barry Wilmore , onWednesday .
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