ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet spent six months on the International Space Station for his Proxima mission. In his free time, like many astronauts, he enjoyed looking out of the Cupola windows at Earth. This collage of pictures shows the city of Paris, France.

Thomas asked to have the series of highly zoomed pictures aligned into this collage to show the city in detail. The International Space Station flies at roughly 400 km altitude so Thomas used the longest lens available onboard: 1150 mm.

On the ground, the images were digitally rotated and assembled into this large collage.

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is spending six months on the International Space Station on his Proxima mission. In his free time, like many astronauts, he enjoys looking out of the Cupola windows at Earth. This collage of pictures was taken on 20 April 2017 and shows the city of Athens, Greece.

Thomas asked to have the series of highly zoomed pictures aligned into this collage to show the city in detail. The International Space Station flies at roughly 400 km altitude so Thomas used the longest lens available onboard: 1150 mm.

Thomas took 46 photos of the city. On the ground, the images were digitally rotated and assembled into this large collage.

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is spending six months on the International Space Station on his Proxima mission. In his free time, like many astronauts, he enjoys looking out of the Cupola windows at Earth. This collage of pictures was taken on 12 April 2017 and shows the city of Madrid, Spain.

Thomas asked to have the series of highly zoomed pictures aligned into this collage to show the city in detail. The International Space Station flies at roughly 400 km altitude so Thomas used the longest lens available onboard: 1150 mm.

Thomas took 46 photos of the city. On the ground, the images were digitally rotated and assembled into this large collage.

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is spending six months on the International Space Station on his Proxima mission. In his free time, like many astronauts, he enjoys looking out of the Cupola windows at Earth. This collage shows Buenos Aires in Argentina. 

Thomas asked to have the series of highly zoomed pictures aligned into this mosaic to show the city in detail. The Station flies at roughly 400 km altitude so Thomas used the longest lens available onboard: 1150 mm.

On the ground, the images were digitally rotated and assembled into this large collage. Download the high-resolution versions to zoom in and explore.

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is spending six months on the International Space Station on his Proxima mission. In his free time, like many astronauts, he enjoys looking out of the Cupola windows at Earth. This collage was taken on 22 February 2017 and shows the Côte d'Azur in France. 

Thomas asked to have the series of highly zoomed pictures aligned into this mosaic to show the coast in detail. The Station flies at roughly 400 km altitude so Thomas used the longest lens available onboard: 1150 mm.

Thomas took 48 photos in 41 seconds. As the Station circles Earth at 28 800 km/h, the outpost had moved around 328 km to the east by the time he had finished.

On the ground, the images were digitally rotated and assembled into this large collage. Download the high-resolution versions to zoom in and explore.

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is spending six months on the International Space Station on his Proxima mission. In his free time, like many astronauts, he enjoys looking out of the Cupola windows at Earth. This collage was taken on 15 February and shows Barcelona in Spain. Ships entering the harbour and landmarks of Barcelona such as the Olympic village and La Ramblas are visible as you zoom in.

Thomas asked to have the series of highly zoomed pictures aligned into this mosaic to show the city in detail. The Station flies at roughly 400 km altitude so Thomas used the longest lens available onboard: 1150 mm.

Thomas took 30 photos of Barcelona in 20 seconds. As the Station circles Earth at 28 800 km/h, the outpost had moved around 160 km to the east by the time he had finished.

On the ground, the images were digitally rotated and assembled into this large collage. Download the high-resolution versions to zoom in and explore.

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is spending six months on the International Space Station on his Proxima mission. In his free time, like many astronauts, he enjoys looking out of the Cupola windows at Earth. This collage of pictures was taken on 11 February 2017 and shows Kuwait City in Kuwait.

Thomas asked to have the series of highly zoomed pictures aligned into this collage to show the city in detail. The International Space Station flies at roughly 400 km altitude so Thomas used the longest lens available onboard: 1150 mm.

Thomas took 56 photos of Kuwait City in 115 seconds. As the Station circles Earth at 28 800 km/h, the outpost had moved around 920 km to the east by the time he had finished.

On the ground, the images were digitally rotated and assembled into this large collage.

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is spending six months on the International Space Station on his Proxima mission. In his free time, like many astronauts, he enjoys looking out of the Cupola windows at Earth. This collage of pictures was taken on 22 January 2017 and shows Cape Town in South Africa.

Thomas asked to have the series of highly zoomed pictures aligned into this collage to show the city in detail. The International Space Station flies at roughly 400 km altitude so Thomas used the longest lens available onboard: 1150 mm.

Thomas took 25 photos of Cape Town in 41 seconds. As the Station circles Earth at 28 800 km/h, the outpost had moved around 328 km to the east by the time he had finished.

On the ground, the images were digitally rotated and assembled into this large collage. Download the high-resolution version to zoom in and explore.