Ever Wondered How India Looks From Space? These 21 Stunning Photos Let You Find Out!
A selection of amazing pictures that allow you to get a sense of what it looks like to peer out of a satellite and see India from space.
Sanchari Pal
When Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked Rakesh Sharma (India’s first astronaut) how their country looked from space, he famously replied, “Saare jahan se achcha.”
In addition to doing scientific work on space stations, astronauts also take a lot of photographs. In fact, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have a treasure trove of satellite imagery that scientists have been using for over a decade to follow changes on Earth’s surface. Periodically, these incredible pictures of our planet are made available for public viewing.
In the recent years, many high resolution images of India from space have also been released by NASA, ISRO, International Space Station (ISS) and individual astronauts.
Photographed by an astronaut from International Space Station. The orange line are the floodlights Indian government erected in 2003 along the Indo-Pak border to prevent smuggling and arms trafficking.
This picture was taken by Soichi Noguchi, Japanese Astronaut aboard International Space Station on Expedition 22/23. The white square in the middle houses the Taj and courtyards flanking it, and the gardens in front.
This photo was taken on May 15, 2011 by Italian Astronaut, Paolo Angelo Nespoli aboard International Space Station on Expedition 26/27 (launched by European Space Agency).
This picture of Andhra Pradesh’s Coringa wildlife sanctuary (the second largest surviving mangrove forests in India) was clicked by Chris Hadfield. He tweeted it from ISS on January 15, 2013.
Chris Hadfield tweeted this pic from International Space Station on January 06 2013; “India, through a hole in the clouds.” The Bisalpur reservoir is on the Banas river in Tonk district, Rajasthan.
Photographed by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko from the International Space Station. Saser Muztagh (in the middle) lies in the Karakoram Range of the Kashmir region of India.
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