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an alien life
These nighttime photos from the International Space Station look like something out of a horror movie
Working on space can, no doubt, be a breathtaking experience on occasion. But it looks like it can get a little creepy out there sometimes too…
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WHILE HIS FIVE colleagues were sleeping, astronaut Alexander Gerst photographed the International Space Station (ISS) at nighttime — and ended up with this enchanting series of images.
Gerst, a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut from Germany, is coming to the end of the six-month long Blue Dot Mission — and will return to Earth on 10 November.
He’s been shooting his surroundings while working at ISS — and these pictures are a spooky insight into the research centre after-hours; capturing the silent, floating world of living in space…
Check them out.
Two astronaut suits float quietly in the darkness…
A green, mesmerising hue makes the station look like something out of the movie “Alien”.
A lone astronaut peers up from a door.
Dim blue lights create a captivating scene inside the orbiting ISS.
Where there are a lot of wires…
A normal-looking laptop, on the right, looks like a gentle reminder of every day technology alongside the mind-boggling space-age equipment.
All photos: ESA
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