On peut dire que 2015 fût une très belle année, remplies d’impressionnantes vues aériennes de la Terre, pour les astronautes de l’International Space Station. Il y a une semaine, l’équipe de la Johnson Space Center’s Earth Observations, un centre d’observation de la NASA, ont listé un top 15 des plus jolies vues de la Terre, capturées par ces astronautes tout au long de l’année : du Sahara aux volcans d’Hawaï en passant par les montagnes de l’Himalayas enneigées et les marées salants roses d’Australie.

1. Lake Chad and a Bodele Dust Plume, Sahara.
Expedition 42: February 2, 2015.

2. Volcanoes, Vog, and Vortices, Hawaii.
Expedition 42: February 8, 2015.

3. Sierra Nevada de ​Santa Marta, northern Colombia.
Expedition 42: February 27, 2015.

4. Scandinavia at Night.
Expedition 43: April 3, 2015.

5. Good Air and Brown Water, Argentina.
Expedition 43: April 6, 2015.

6. Rivers and Snow in the Himalayas, China and India.
Expedition 43: April 8, 2015.

7. Laguna Colorada, Bolivia.
Expedition 43: April 16, 2015.

8. Adele Island, northwest Australia.
Expedition 44: June 11, 2015.

9. Salt Ponds, western Australia.
Expedition 44: June 11, 2015.

10. Shaping Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Expedition 44: June 13, 2015.

11. The Port of Sfax, Tunisia.
Expedition 44: June 19, 2015.

12. Flooding on the Mekong River floodplain, Thailand and Laos.
Expedition 44: August 8, 2015.

13. Red Sprites, northwest Mexico.
Expedition 44: August 10, 2015.

14. Aquaculture, northeast China.
Expedition 44: September 6, 2015.

15. India-Pakistan Border at Night.
Expedition 45: September 23, 2015.