During his eight-month stint at the International Space Station, Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers captured some absolutely gorgeous images of planet Earth.
The Dutch physician and European Space Agency astronaut was selected to participate in International Space Station expeditions 30 and 31. Leaving the planet on December 21st 2011 and returning the following July, Andre Kuipers captured some absolutely incredible images of our planet:
![Indonesia From Above](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-indonesia-sumbuwa1.jpg)
The Indonesian island of Sumbawa
![Andre Kuiper's Photo Of The Argentine Coast](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-argentine-coast1.jpg)
The Argentine Coast
![Andre Kuipers Picture Of The Southern Lights](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-above-southern-lights1.jpg)
The Southern Lights
![Aruba Photo](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-aruba1.jpg)
Aruba
![Above Earth](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-400-km-above-earth1.jpg)
400 kilometers above Earth
![Astronauts](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-astronauts1.jpg)
![Atmospheric glow](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-atmospheric-glow1.jpg)
Atmospheric glow
![ATV Docked ISS](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-atv-docked1.jpg)
the ATV, docked
![Australian Outback](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-australian-outback1.jpg)
The Australian Outback
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-back-window1.jpg)
![Andre Kuipers Bahamas Photo](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-bahamas1.jpg)
The Bahamas
![Sunset From Space](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-bizarre-light-sunset1.jpg)
A bizarre interaction between light and the sunset
![Andre Kuipers Photo Of Canada](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-canada1.jpg)
Canada
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-comet1.jpg)
A comet as seen from the ISS
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-europe1.jpg)
Europe
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-flattened-moonbeams1.jpg)
Flattened moonbeams
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-france1.jpg)
France: Paris is to the left, Toulouse is illuminated to the right
![Vietnam From Space](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-vietnam1.jpg)
Fishing boats near Hanoi, Vietnam
![Islas Baleares](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-islas-baleares1.jpg)
Spain's Islas Baleares
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-iss-lateral-view1.jpg)
A lateral view of the ISS
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-iss-moonlight1.jpg)
The ISS at moonlight
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-istanbul1.jpg)
Istanbul, Turkey
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-johannesburg1.jpg)
Johannesburg, South Africa
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-lake-powell-vegas1.jpg)
Lake Powell, Las Vegas
![Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-mediterranean-adriatic1.jpg)
The Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-sahara-atlantic1.jpg)
The Sahara Desert and the Atlantic Ocean
![The Middle East](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-middle-east1.jpg)
The Middle East
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-moonrise1.jpg)
Moonrise
![Photos From Space](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-nature-technology1.jpg)
![Northern Europe](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-northern-europe1.jpg)
Northern Europe
![Andre Kuiper Photograph Of Mount Vesuvius](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-vesuvius1.jpg)
Mount Vesuvius
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-northern-lights-below1.jpg)
Northern Lights from below
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-observatorium1.jpg)
The ISS observatories
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-orion-constellation1.jpg)
The Orion constellation
![Andre Kuipers Photo Of Rotterdam](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-rotterdam1.jpg)
Over Rotterdam, Netherlands
![Andre Kuipers Russia](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-russia1.jpg)
Russia
![Sahara Desert By Andre Kuipers](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-sahara-mauritania1.jpg)
The Sahara Desert and Mauritania
![San Francisco](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-san-francisco1.jpg)
Over the San Francisco Bay
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-satellite-70s1.jpg)
![Satellite Over Earth](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-satellite-earth1.jpg)
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-satellite-night1.jpg)
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-somalian-desert1.jpg)
Over the Somalian desert
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-southern-lights1.jpg)
The Southern Lights
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-soyuz-docked1.jpg)
The Soyuz, docked
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-soyuz-tma1.jpg)
The Soyuz TMA
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-soyuz1.jpg)
The Soyuz - the apparatus Kuipers used to return to Earth
![Andre Kuipers Photo Of A Star Cluster](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-star-cluster1.jpg)
Star cluster
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-sunglint1.jpg)
![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-sunset-satellites1.jpg)
![The Super Moon](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-supermoon1.jpg)
The super moon
![Andre Kuiper's Photo Of The UK](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-united-kingdom1.jpg)
Over the United Kingdom
![Venus](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andre-kuipers-venus1.jpg)
Venus in the distance
All photos can be found at Kuipers' photo stream, featured on Flickr. And enjoy these amazing photos by Andre Kuipers? Then be sure to check out our posts on amazing facts and astounding aerial photography!