Pictures cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin from ISS

Presenting your attention the photos taken by Fyedor urainum during his stay aboard the International space station. Yurchikhin, hero of the Russian Federation, has flown in space three times already. For the first time, in 2002, he flew on the Shuttle Atlantis STS-112 and then double-was on Board the ISS in 2007 and 2010. Also presented was the commander of the Soyuz spacecraft that brought him and astronauts Douglas Wheelock and Shannon Walker on the ground. Unfortunately, Fyodor Yurchikhin did not make any captions to the photos, so we use comments from the site triggerpit.com.

Nickumaroro or gardener island, Kiribati. Found using Google search engine. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The Golden horizon. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The sunrise (or sunset) in the background, must've been a memorable show for the astronaut in the photo. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The dam in the desert and fields. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

New York from space. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Contrast is impressive, despite the blurriness of the photo. This iceberg must be huge. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Yurchikhin took a lot of pictures of volcanoes, and they are all beautiful. This is likely to be somewhere on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The clouds give the impression that the mountain is floating in the sky. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Another volcano. The greenery sets off the scorched lava flows the earth. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Volcanoes, powerful and majestic as the towering chimneys of the planet. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The island, like a fish. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

London from the ISS. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

At first we thought it was photoshop, but maybe it is not so – nature is capable of much. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

100% sure no, but it's probably Amazon. These curves in the sea of the jungle is not to be confused with anything else. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Looking at the map, you know that Greenland is large, but only the view from space shows how. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Another Paradise island. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

If the island is in photo 11 was similar to the fish, this island is similar to the fish they eat from the head and bones. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The mountain peak rises above the cloud layer. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The phosphorescent residues of heavy rain clouds at sunset. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

One of the solar panels of the ISS. Without them, the station will be deprived of electricity and die. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Glaciers in Patagonia is really beautiful. Let's hope they don't melt due to global warming. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Another view from space of the glaciers of Patagonia. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The Andes are the worlds longest mountain range. It stretches along the entire Western coast of South America. The fog between the mountains gives the frame of mystery. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

(Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The snow-covered volcano recalls the Fateful mountain of the Lord of the rings. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The chimneys of the underworld. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Mount St. Helena. Not to be confused with anything because of the horseshoe shape. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Clouds from the ISS. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The capital of Brazil from space. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The richat structure is a geological formation located in the Mauritanian part of the Sahara desert near the village of Wadan inside the syncline Taoudeni. The diameter of the structure is 50 km away. It was formed from a volcano as a result of erosion. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The spacecraft "Soyuz" and "Progress". (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

(Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Washington, DC. The capital of the huge state. Here the politicians and make decisions. If they could be distracted and look around, they would see how beautiful the Earth is and how little it means to policy. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Surf. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The spaceport at Cape Canaveral, USA. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Chicago. This city is as nice as ever. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Fields in the desert. So they look until they nothing else comes up. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Somewhere in Africa. But where? (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Alaska. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

What is it? Valley or island? (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The water is that color should be clean and cold. Where is this lake? (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

A forest fire in the Northern United States. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

The Soyuz spacecraft away from ISS. In this photo it seems that he flies to the stars. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

These dunes are similar to spiders or small cracks on the surface of the planet. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Another unknown, but beautiful island. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

All these Islands are very beautiful. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Reefs? Or Islands? Wonderful combination of colors. The top of the picture you can see the ship. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Look at the waves. From this height they look surreal. (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)

Blue planet. What could be more beautiful, so dear to us blue sand in the infinity of space? (Fyodor Yurchikhin, the press service of the Federal space Agency)