Tags: ‘Земля’
Mount Elbrus, western Caucasus mountain range, Russia (photo)
July 20, 2014 
Oleg Artemyev 
Mount Elbrus is a dormant volcano located in the western Caucasus mountain range, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia of Russia, near the border with Georgia. Mt. Elbrus’s peak is the highest in Russia.
Okmok Caldera, Umnak Island, Aleuts Islands
July 20, 2014 Oleg Artemyev 
Mount Okmok is the highest point on the rim of Okmok Caldera (Unmagim Anatuu in Aleut) on the northeastern part of Umnak Island in the eastern Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
Canary Islands (photo)
July 19, 2014 Oleg Artemyev 
The Canary Islands, also known as the Canaries (Spanish: Canarias), are a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of the southern border of Morocco. The Canaries are one of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities and are among the outermost region of the European Union proper. The […]
Earth Paints – Eye of the Sahara, Africa (photo)
July 18, 2014 Oleg Artemyev 
The Eye of the Sahara is one of the geological marvels of our world. This phenomenal sight is located in the Sahara Desert in western Mauritania. It is approximately 30 miles (48 km) in diameter. It is actually visible from orbit. It is believed to be the result of the effects uplift and erosion, although […]
Cities in Russia – Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai (photo)
July 17, 2014 Oleg Artemyev 
Published in Земля, Новости 
Tags: города России, Земля, Краснодарский край, природа, репортаж с орбиты, фото
Islands of Kiribati (photo)
July 16, 2014 Oleg Artemyev 
Malden Island Malden Island, sometimes called Independence Island in the nineteenth century, is a low, arid, uninhabited island in the central Pacific Ocean, about 39 km2 (15 sq mi) in area. It is one of the Line Islands belonging to the Republic of Kiribati. Teraina Island (Washington Island) Teraina, also known as Washington Island (both […]
Alaid Volcano. Kuril Islands (photo)
July 16, 2014 Oleg Artemyev 
Alaid is the tallest and northernmost volcano in the Kurile Islands. The symmetrical stratovolcano rises 3000 m from the sea floor and forms a small island. It has a 1.5-km-wide summit crater breached to the south. It is one of the Kuriles’ most active volcanoes. Large explosive eruptions occurred in 1790 and 1981, and were […]
Paints of Africa (photo)
July 15, 2014 Oleg Artemyev 
Sandy dunes of Sahara.
Published in Земля, Новости
Tags: Африка, Земля, краски земли, природа, репортаж с орбиты, Сахара, фото
Earth Paints – Between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf – Lake Urmia, Eastern Azerbaijan (photo)
July 14, 2014 Oleg Artemyev 
Lake Urmia, Eastern Azerbaijan. Lake Urmia is a salt lake in northwestern Iran near Iran’s border with Turkey. The lake is between the provinces of Eastern Azerbaijan and Western Azerbaijan, and west of the southern portion of the Caspian Sea. It is the largest lake in the Middle East and the sixth largest saltwater lake […]
Earth Paints – Volga Delta (photo)
July 14, 2014 Oleg Artemyev 
The Volga Delta is the largest river delta in Europe, and occurs where Europe’s largest river system, the Volga River, drains into the Caspian Sea in Russia’s Astrakhan Oblast, north-east of the republic of Kalmykia. The delta is located in the Caspian Depression—the far eastern part of the delta lies in Kazakhstan. The delta drains […]
Published in Земля, Новости
Tags: Волга, дельта, Земля, краски земли, природа, репортаж с орбиты, фото
Work on ISS. Filter replacement in FGB (Functional Cargo Block) (photo)
July 14, 2014 Oleg Artemyev 
Published in Земля, На Орбите, Новости
Tags: Земля, мкс, новости из невесомости, природа, работа на мкс, репортаж с орбиты, фото
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