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Tim Peake
Astronauts returning from the International Space Station don't suffer from any radiation-related problems, says Tim Peake.
"We see 16 sunrises every day - but I've never seen one as beautiful as this. Good morning Earth!" tweeted Tim Peake from the ISS.
A rare glimpse of Antarctica’s islands and peninsula, usually covered by thick clouds.
New Zealand’s Lake Wanaka and Lake Hāwea are both over 300 metres deep.
The vast waters of the Tapajós, a major tributary of the Amazon River, teeming with hundreds of species of fish.
The rugged desert terrain of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
The Bahamas reveals its fifty shades of blue. Some historians believe the name of the archipelago and country comes from the Spanish baja mar, meaning 'low sea'. Tim Peake says that he didn’t have a political agenda when he took his photos: “I was trying to capture Earth as I saw it, but inherent in that is the fact that you don’t see countries and borders from space.”
Tim Peake practises controlling the space station’s robotic arm, which requires a minute degree of precision.
The shallow waters and reefs surrounding Cuba (foreground), Florida (middle), and the Bahamas (right), as seen from the International Space Station.