Thomas Pesquet posted a photo:

Thomas Pesquet posted a photo:

Thomas Pesquet posted a photo:

Thomas Pesquet posted a photo:

All these photo collages were generated on the ground from pictures taken onboard the ISS during expedition 50 and 51. Thomas asked to have the series of highly zoomed pictures aligned into this collage to show the target area in great detail. The International Space Station flies at roughly 400 km altitude so Thomas used the longest lens available onboard: 1150 mm. During the time necessary to take a few dozens of pictures to be stitched together, the ISS travelled be several hundred kilometres.
On the ground, the images were digitally rotated and assembled into this large collage.

Download the high-resolution version on www.esa.int, keyword search "big picture", to zoom in and explore.

Thomas Pesquet posted a photo:

All these photo collages were generated on the ground from pictures taken onboard the ISS during expedition 50 and 51. Thomas asked to have the series of highly zoomed pictures aligned into this collage to show the target area in great detail. The International Space Station flies at roughly 400 km altitude so Thomas used the longest lens available onboard: 1150 mm. During the time necessary to take a few dozens of pictures to be stitched together, the ISS travelled be several hundred kilometres.
On the ground, the images were digitally rotated and assembled into this large collage.

Download the high-resolution version on www.esa.int, keyword search "big picture", to zoom in and explore.