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Breathtaking beauty of Earth through Chinese astronauts’ lens

2021-09-13 18:36

Photo taken by Chinese astronaut Liu Boming shows Iran’s Lake Urmia, the second-largest saltwater lake in the world, in rusty-red. With the lake water evaporating quickly in the sizzling summer, the body of water is filled with algae and bacteria that turned it red. (Photo courtesy of the China Manned Space Engineering Office)


Capturing the breathtaking beauty of the Earth, these photos provide a spectacular tour of the planet’s lands and waters, including Lake Urmia, a saltwater lake in Iran, and Sayram Lake in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, nicknamed the "last tear of the Atlantic, and Caspian Sea.“The China Manned Space Engineering Office on Sept. 9 published its second batch of high-resolution photographs of the Earth that were taken by Chinese astronauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo, who are stationed in the Tianhe core module of China's space station.

The stunning photos have triggered discussions among China’s netizens. Some expressed the hope to see China’s Great Wall from space, while others felt proud of China’s achievements in aerospace.

Photo taken by Chinese astronaut Liu Boming shows Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The westerly jet brings moisture fluxes originating from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gobi Desert in the Tarim Basin to the south of the Tianshan Mountains. Lying to the north of the Tianshan Mountains is the Sayram Lake in the Junggar Basin. As the last place to feel the warm air current of the Atlantic Ocean, the lake is nicknamed the "last tear of the Atlantic." (Photo courtesy of the China Manned Space Engineering Office)

Photo taken by Chinese astronaut Liu Boming shows the phoenix-shaped Lake Van on the Anatolia Plateau. (Photo courtesy of the China Manned Space Engineering Office)

Photo taken by Chinese astronaut Tang Hongbo shows South Africa, known as the “Rainbow Nation.” Both being members of BRICS countries, China and South Africa, together with other BRIC countries, will deepen cooperation in the aerospace field in the future. (Photo courtesy of the China Manned Space Engineering Office)

Photo taken by Chinese astronaut Tang Hongbo shows the rolling billows of a sea in Peru. (Photo courtesy of the China Manned Space Engineering Office)