Astronauts from NASA have captured a mysterious ring around Tehran.
The breath-taking photographs were taken from the International Space Station and posted online by NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and their space colleagues.
According to The Daily Mail in London, the images show a peculiar purple ring around the Iranian capital.
Chris Hadfield posted this image, writing: "Tehran, Iran - shining in the night. Does anyone know what the bright blue oval is?" Twitter users responded, saying the glowing oval was the city's airport. Photo: Twitter
Of this photo, Hadfield wrote: "The Earth has problem skin; one popped, the other didn't." Photo: Twitter
For Hadfield, this image shows "self-important shadows off the coast of China". Photo: Twitter
On this image, Hadfield tweeted: "If you give wind and sand enough time together, they create art." Photo: Twitter
This image from Hadfield shows glacial water "burping" into the Atlantic in Argentina. Photo: Twitter
Hadfield called these African ridges "dropped ice cream" saying they looked like they were melting. Photo: Twitter
Hadfield tweeted on this image: "Tonight's finale: Northern Lights - recent aurora in green and red waves, USA and Canada below, the universe above." Photo: Twitter
source: internet
The breath-taking photographs were taken from the International Space Station and posted online by NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and their space colleagues.
According to The Daily Mail in London, the images show a peculiar purple ring around the Iranian capital.
Chris Hadfield posted this image, writing: "Tehran, Iran - shining in the night. Does anyone know what the bright blue oval is?" Twitter users responded, saying the glowing oval was the city's airport. Photo: Twitter
Of this photo, Hadfield wrote: "The Earth has problem skin; one popped, the other didn't." Photo: Twitter
For Hadfield, this image shows "self-important shadows off the coast of China". Photo: Twitter
On this image, Hadfield tweeted: "If you give wind and sand enough time together, they create art." Photo: Twitter
This image from Hadfield shows glacial water "burping" into the Atlantic in Argentina. Photo: Twitter
Hadfield called these African ridges "dropped ice cream" saying they looked like they were melting. Photo: Twitter
Hadfield tweeted on this image: "Tonight's finale: Northern Lights - recent aurora in green and red waves, USA and Canada below, the universe above." Photo: Twitter
source: internet
