Thomas Pesquet posted a photo:

On trouve de nombreux grands lacs en Europe, et leur célébrité n’est pas usurpée, ils sont magnifiques ! Le lac Léman dans les Alpes à cheval sur la frontière entre la France et la Suisse, le lac Balaton en Hongrie - photographié lors de 2 survols différents, notez comme les couleurs changent avec la lumière - et le lac majeur en Italie.

Europe has many famous and beautiful lakes, a brief tour in Big Picture mode: Lake Geneva (Switzerland/France) (side note, never understood why it is called Lake Geneva in English, it could just as well be called Lake Montreux or even... Lake Evian-Les-Bains! :astonished::wink:) , Lake Balaton (Hungary) and Lago Maggiore (Italy). By luck I captured Lake Balaton twice, at different times of day, note the difference in light reflecting and changing the colour of the water.


Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet/W. Harold

Expedition 65 earth observation composite of Lake Geneva photographed by ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet (created with iss065e142863 - iss065e142921).

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