What does Russia look like from space?

What does Russia look like from space?

Categories: Aerophoto

Every week, the European Space Agency (ESA) publishes a photo of some amazing corner of the world on its website. The satellite that sends images to Earth has repeatedly flown over many countries, including Russia. How does this huge "space camera" see our country?

What does Russia look like from space?

Taiga, rivers, volcanoes, megacities and a lot of snow — that's what Russia looks like in the images from orbit. Over the past ten years, the satellite has managed to fly over Samoilovsky Island in the Lena River Delta, capture smoke from huge forest fires that choked the whole country in the summer of 2010, sail over St. Petersburg, photograph Lake Ladoga, capture the formidable ice of the Baltic Sea and at the same time visit the Baltic in summer. From the height of the satellite's flight, blue-green algae on the surface of the Baltic Sea resemble a huge bizarre pattern.

What does Russia look like from space?

The northwest of the Russian Arctic is the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Pechora Sea.

What does Russia look like from space?

The Baltic Sea in winter.

What does Russia look like from space?

Summer Baltic. Blue-green algae are visible on the surface of the sea.

What does Russia look like from space?

The Amur River and the Russian-Chinese border.

What does Russia look like from space?

The eastern coast of Kamchatka. In the center is Klyuchevskaya Sopka, the highest active volcano in Eurasia.

What does Russia look like from space?

Kamchatka Peninsula.

What does Russia look like from space?

Klyuchevskaya sopka.

What does Russia look like from space?

Lena Delta.

What does Russia look like from space?

Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

What does Russia look like from space?

The Russian Far East: the coast of the Sea of Japan and Sikhote-Alin.

What does Russia look like from space?

Yakutsk and the surrounding area.

What does Russia look like from space?

The Sea of Okhotsk.

What does Russia look like from space?

Bratskoe reservoir on the Hangar.

What does Russia look like from space?

Smoke from forest fires over Moscow, July 2010.

What does Russia look like from space?

Winter Siberia. The Yenisei is visible in the lower left corner.

What does Russia look like from space?

St. Petersburg and Lake Ladoga.

What does Russia look like from space?

The Tsimlyansk reservoir on the Don.

What does Russia look like from space?

The Volga flows into the Caspian Sea

What does Russia look like from space?

Yenisei.

Keywords: Orbit | From altitude | Satellite | Photos from space

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