Pictures from Space (mostly)

[magpie49]

I finally got around to watching this as a slide show, and found it awe inspiring, especially photos of cities and regions* from space.
In the slide show mode, click the center of a pic to turn the caption on or off to read about what you are seeing.

Pictures of Paolo Nespoli's space voyage

*there are no political boundaries emblazoned on the mountains, the fields, or the cloud layers.