IMAGE FROM SPACE

Our oasis in the vast Universe. Photo taken by a human living and working on the International Space Station 12 December 13. — με Osvaldo Marcondes Azeredo Neto

On September 6, 1620, a ship with her passengers and crew set sail from Plymouth Harbor in England on a 3,000-mile voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to the “new world,” planning to drop anchor where eleven years earlier the explorer Henry Hudson sailed in what is now New York Harbor, at the mouth of the river that bears his name (left-bottom). Sixty-six days later, on November 21, buffeted by ocean winds and with winter fast approaching, the ship known as the Mayflower instead dropped anchor at the sight of Provincetown, the hooked sheltering harbor on the eastern edge of Cape Cod on the right of this picture. This voyage is remembered with Thanksgiving in the United States - rooted in the harvest of the following autumn - and made possible because of the help of the native population. A little less than 400 years later, a ship with her crew peacefully orbit Earth, unimaginable to explorers, natives and new settlers of the early 17th century, yet made possible by cooperation among nations in the 20th and 21st – pilgrims’ progress.

 — μεOsvaldo Marcondes Azeredo Neto

The power of the sun in the palm of her hand - NASA astronaut Suni Williams. Good morning! — με Cosme Souza, Christiane Corrêa, Ane Marchon, Cesar Pontes,Regheg Yok, Osvaldo Marcondes Azeredo Neto καιJames Raymond Redfern

Thought for this Monday from Ray Bradbury: "We are an impossibility in an impossible universe"- Yet all things are possible in our own little world. — μεOsvaldo Marcondes Azeredo Neto, Isabelle de Steigerκαι Carla Sagan

Comet Lovejoy on the approach to South America, Christmas Eve 2011.

Good morning! Nevado del Tolima stretches toward the sun from its birthplace among the Andes Mountains in Colombia, its shadow promising a new day. With thanks to NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock. — με Osvaldo Marcondes Azeredo Neto

Good morning. Rick Mastracchio's orbital perspective of Australian desert sand and salt. Beautiful, and oh so hot!

Good Sunday with the spectacular seascape of southern Florida and the Bahamas 

Προσθήκη λεGood morning. One of the most beautiful things to see from space - the turquoise blue waters of the Bahamas. There aren’t too many places on Earth where there are such broad, eye catching expanses of coral reefs. Florida is at bottom

Good morning. Rick Mastracchio's lovely view of the Bahamas. — με Osvaldo Marcondes Azeredo Neto

What a superb picture of the Florida peninsula with the Bahamas 'sneaking" into this shot taken from the International Space Station.

Too hot? Too cold? From the orbital perspective of astronauts and cosmonauts living and working together on the International Space Station, the Cuban and Bahamian islands in the Caribbean look to be just about right.

Good morning everyone! The The New York Times is featuring an article about the impact of rising lakes on the lives and livelihoods of people who live near Lago Enriquillo in the Dominican Republic. From the orbital perspective of astronauts and cosmonauts living and working in space, it's easy to see the larger vulnerability of the island the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti in the Caribbean Sea. The Times article brings us closer to the challenges facing one group of our fellow Earthlings. Lago Enriquillo is visible in the top 1/3 of this picture taken from the International Space Station

Migratory birds have settled into their winter digs after crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. — με Osvaldo Marcondes Azeredo Neto

Good morning. The Gulf of Sidra at the northern coast of Libya (left) from the orbital perspective of astronauts and cosmonauts living and working together on the International Space Station 5 January 2014

New year greetings to our friends in Moscow.

Good morning. Summer approaches South America's frontier in this snap of of Patagonia from Rick Mastracchio 6 December 2013. — με Osvaldo Marcondes Azeredo Neto

Good morning. If you are looking for some peace and quiet, either of these neighboring atolls in French Polynesia should do nicely. Essentially uninhabited by humans, Pinaki (left) and Nukutavake beckon astronauts, cosmonauts and Earthlings from their little spots in the South Pacific Ocean about half way between South America and Australia. — με Osvaldo Marcondes Azeredo Neto

Nelson Mandela took the long view of South Africa, and of Spaceship Earth. Ad astra via NASA's Earth Observatory http://1.usa.gov/19KUC6l — με Osvaldo Marcondes Azeredo Neto

Good morning. The Great Pyramids at Giza: the first of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain in the care of humans living in the modern world, from the orbital perspective of humans living and working in space 13 November 2013. — μεOsvaldo Marcondes Azeredo Neto

An icy stare from these volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula - there's dozens more were they come from - the result of violent forces deep within Earth's ocean. — με Osvaldo Marcondes Azeredo Neto