Photographers
and Paolo Nespoli.
Image courtesy of NASA and ASI
EARTH鈥檚 vast oceans look particularly spectacular when glimpsed through a flurry of wispy clouds from the International Space Station as it orbits 400 kilometres above the planet. This collaborative shot taken from Cupola, the ISS鈥檚 observation module, was created by Chicago-based photographer Roland Miller and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli.
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The module鈥檚 seven windows allow astronauts to observe spacewalks and other operations outside the ISS. They are also ideal for enjoying panoramic views of Earth and space. Cupola鈥檚 outlook, especially from its 80-centimetre central window, is a massive improvement on the small portholes astronauts used before the module was installed in 2010.
This image is one of 200 in by Nespoli and Miller. The book documents the workings of everything from the ISS鈥檚 labs and equipment to its research facilities on Earth. The shots of the space station鈥檚 interiors were taken by Nespoli under Miller鈥檚 direction.
Miller says the book鈥檚 photos 鈥渢ell a broad visual story of the overall ISS program鈥�. Interior Space is being published by Damiani to mark the 20th anniversary of continuous human habitation of space aboard the ISS on 2 November.
