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Italian Astronaut Luca Parmitano: Shutterbug
Credit: NASA
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano is snapping amazing photos of Earth from space and what life is like aboard the International Space Station. As a European Space Agency astronaut, Parmitano is a flight engineer with the station's Expedition 36/37 crew and arrived at the outpost in May 2013.
See some of Parmitano's amazing photos shared via NASA, ESA and Twitter, where Parmitano writes as @Astro_Luca.
FIRST STOP: A Sandstorm in Saudi Arabia
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A Sandstorm in Saudi Arabia
Credit: Luca Parmitano (via Twitter as @ astro_luca)
Astronaut Luca Parmitano tweeted this stunning photo of a sandstorm in Saudi Arabia from the ISS on June 13, 2013.
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Atolls of French Polynesia From ISS
Credit: Luca Parmitano (via Twitter as @ astro_luca)
Astronaut Luca Parmitano tweeted this stunning photo of the atolls of French Polynesia in the middle of the Pacific, taken from the International Space Station. Tweet released June 24, 2013.
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Dry Lake in Anatolya
Credit: Luca Parmitano (via Twitter as @ astro_luca)
Astronaut Luca Parmitano tweeted this stunning photo of Anatolya taken from the International Space Station. “I flew over this dry lake in Anatolya as a young fighter pilot…,” he tweeted.
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Amazon Rainforest Rivers
Credit: Luca Parmitano (via Twitter as @ astro_luca)
Astronaut Luca Parmitano tweeted this stunning photo of over the Amazon from the ISS on June 13, 2013. “Amazon Rainforest rivers end their course in the Atlantic at sunset.” he tweeted.
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Sicily From the ISS
Credit: Luca Parmitano (via Twitter as @ astro_luca)
Astronaut Luca Parmitano tweeted this stunning photo of Sicily from the ISS on June 9, 2013. “This sight caught me by surprise… I turned, and there it was.” he tweeted.
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Mountains in the Mato Grosso
Credit: Luca Parmitano (via Twitter as @ astro_luca)
Astronaut Luca Parmitano tweeted this stunning photo over Brazil from the ISS on June 7, 2013. “Strange mountainous formations in the Mato Grosso catch a faraway eye.” he tweeted.
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A Note of Blue From Peru
Credit: Luca Parmitano (via Twitter as @ astro_luca)
Astronaut Luca Parmitano tweeted this stunning photo over Peru from the ISS on June 5, 2013. “A note of blue in the middle of the desert in Peru, like a solitary diamond.” he tweeted.
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Madagascar Gold
Credit: Luca Parmitano (via Twitter as @ astro_luca)
Astronaut Luca Parmitano tweeted this stunning photo over Madagascar from the ISS on June 3, 2013. “As the sun sets on Madagascar, everything turns to gold.” he tweeted.
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Active Volcano From the ISS
Credit: Luca Parmitano (via Twitter as @ astro_luca)
Astronaut Luca Parmitano tweeted this stunning photo from the ISS on June 1, 2013. “what did I say about active Volcanoes? I can’t believe I saw 2 in one orbit!” he tweeted.
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Active Volcano in Sicily
Credit: Luca Parmitano (via Twitter as @ astro_luca)
Astronaut Luca Parmitano tweeted this stunning photo of an active volcano in Sicily from the ISS on June 1, 2013.
