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Image: Planet of clouds

by NASA

Credit: ESA/NASA-A.Gerst
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Credit: ESA/NASA-A.Gerst

From the vantage point of space, astronaut Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency reminds us of the the beauty and wonder of our planet.

Gerst is a geophysicist, volcanologist and currently one of six humans aboard the International Space Station.

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