Fabulous Earth Photos ByAstronaut Douglas Wheelock

 Douglas H Wheelock a Astronaut of NASA has taken these fabulous photographs of our beautiful planet from the space.  He has taken this photographs using his 400-gauged lens.  He has covered the sunset and sunrise and taken many photos of the pacific ocean, Atlantic ocean and the eastern Mediterranean. Check out his collection after the jump …

Space shuttle «Discovery».  The last flight of Douglas Wheelock.

Earthly radiance. Space station in Blue Earth radiance, which occurs when the rising sun penetrates the thin atmosphere of our planet

NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock

Juan de Nova Island in the Mozambique Channel between Madagascar and Africa

Northern lights in the distance in one of the finest nights over Europe

The moon

8 kilometers per second we rotate the Earth’s orbit, making one revolution every 90 minutes, and watching sunsets and sunrises every 45 minutes

Another spectacular sunset

Beautiful atoll in the Pacific Ocean, photographed using 400-gauged lens

Perfect reflection of sunlight in the eastern Mediterranean

Above the center of the Atlantic Ocean, before another stunning sunset

Morning over the Andes in South America

Over the Sahara desert, approaching the ancient lands and thousand-year history

Night view of the River Nile, stretching the snake through Egypt to the Mediterranean, and Cairo, located in the Delta

The flash of color, movement and life on the canvas of our amazing world

All the beauty of Italy, a clear summer night. You can see many beautiful islands that adorn the coast

At the southern end of South America lies the pearl of Patagonia. The amazing beauty of rugged mountains, massive glaciers

“Dome” on the side of nadir station gives a panoramic view of our beautiful planet.

Greek islands a clear night during our flight over Europe.

Florida and southeastern U.S. in the evening. A clear autumn evening, the moonlight over the water and sky, dotted with millions of stars.

Clear starry night over the eastern Mediterranean.

In this time of year you can enjoy the beauty of the polar mesospheric clouds.

The astronaut with his team members.