The photos show some of the most beautiful places on the planet – Paris at night, Caribbean islands and the Great Lakes of North America, among many other places that seem small, seen from so far:

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The Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean frame the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, and southern Florida.

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Australia’s Cooper Creek floodplain.

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Sunlight reflects off the Mediterranean Sea, highlighting the islands of Corsica and Sardinia.

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A huge dust cloud over Cyprus.

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A peak fall colors around Ottawa, the capital of Canada.

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The Great Lakes.

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The Kerguelen Islands.

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Wind Farms on Maui.

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Lakes and fires, southern Kenya.

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Paris at night.

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New Zealand.

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A surging dust storm and trailing dust cloud, South America.

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Clouds swirling over the northern Sahara Desert.

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Earth and moon from Crew Dragon.

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Reefs of Moindou Bay, New Caledonia.

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Airglow above western Indian Ocean.

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Terminator over western Australia.

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Flooding along the Nile in Sudan.

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Sunrise over Great Australian Bight.

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Moonrise over southern Atlantic Ocean.