Planet Earth in all its natural splendor

Luka Parmitano of ESA(European Space Agency)captured our beautiful planet Earth in all its natural splendor, from 250 miles above.He is currently living and working on ISS(international space station)

The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states dedicated to the exploration of space. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,200 in 2018 and an annual budget of about €5.72 billion in 2019.

The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station (habitable artificial satellite) in low Earth orbit. The ISS programme is a joint project between five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA(Europe), and CSA (Canada). The ownership and use of the space station is established by intergovernmental treaties and agreements.