File:Deforestation central Europe - Rodungen Mitteleuropa.jpg

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English: Europe from the International Space Station, Expedition 57.

When looking at deforestation in the Amazon, I can't help noticing that central Europe was also once densely covered by forest.
— A. Gerst, in: [1] on flickr.com

Deutsch: Europa von der Internationalen Raumstation, Expedition 57.

Wenn ich die Rodungen im Amazonaswald sehe, so fällt mir ebenfalls auf, dass auch Mitteleuropa einst von dichten Wäldern bedeckt war.
— A. Gerst, in: [2] auf flickr.com

Русский: Вид на Европу (в основном, на Данию, Швецию, Германию) с МКС во время 57 экспедиции.

Українська: Вид на Європу з Міжнародної космічної станції. Експедиція 57.

Español: Vista de Europa desde la Estación Espacial Internacional. Foto tomada el 14 de octubre de 2018, durante la Expedición 57.

ID: 364Q7113

Credit: ESA/A.Gerst, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

Date

14 October 2018, 13:54:14

Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/72482589@N07/44890862664/

Author

Alexander Gerst (1976–)

	Description	German astronaut, geophysicist and volcanologist
	Date of birth	3 May 1976
	Location of birth	Künzelsau
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This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Hot pixels and dust spots removed. (Edits made as part of the FPC nomination procedure). Modifications made by Radomianin.

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	This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. This is a featured picture on the Spanish language Wikipedia (Recursos destacados) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.

This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 20 December 2023. It was captioned as follows:

English: Europe as seen from the International Space Station. Five years ago today, ISS Expedition 57 ended.

Other languages:

Čeština: Evropa při pohledu z Mezinárodní vesmírné stanice před ukončením Expedice 57 před 5 lety.

Deutsch: Europa, gesehen von der internationalen Raumstation. Heute vor fünf Jahren endete die ISS-Expedition 57.

English: Europe as seen from the International Space Station. Five years ago today, ISS Expedition 57 ended.

Español: Vista de Europa desde la Estación Espacial Internacional. Foto tomada el 14 de octubre de 2018, durante la Expedición 57.

Français : Le continent européen vu depuis la Station spatiale internationale. Il y a 5 ans aujourd'hui, l'Expédition 57 de l'ISS prenait fin.

Magyar: Európa látképe a Nemzetközi Űrállomásról. Ma öt évvel ezelőtt ért véget az ISS 57. expedíciója

Nederlands: Europa, gezien vanuit het internationale ruimtestation ISS

Polski: Europa widziana z Międzynarodowej Stacji Kosmicznej. Dziś pięć lat temu zakończyła się Ekspedycja 57.

Português: A Europa vista da Estação Espacial Internacional. Foto tirada em 14 de outubro de 2018, durante a Expedição 57.

Slovenščina: Evropa, kot se vidi iz Mednarodne vesoljske postaje. Pred petimi leti se je končala odprava ISS Expedition 57.

Македонски: Поглед на Европа од Меѓународната вселенска станица.

Русский: Вид на Европу (в основном, на Данию, Швецию, Германию) с МКС во время 57 экспедиции.

Українська: Вид на Європу з Міжнародної космічної станції. Сьогодні п'ять років тому завершилася експедиція 57 на МКС.

বাংলা : Europe as seen from the International Space Station. Five years ago today, ISS Expedition 57 ended.

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Astro_Alex at https://flickr.com/photos/72482589@N07/44890862664. It was reviewed on 10 March 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

10 March 2020

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current	15:46, 17 April 2023	5,568 × 3,712 (5.74 MB)	Killarnee	Retouched version by Radomianin
	12:38, 17 April 2023	5,568 × 3,712 (3.94 MB)	Killarnee	Reverted to version as of 12:30, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
	12:34, 17 April 2023	5,568 × 3,712 (4 MB)	Killarnee	Retouched dust spots
	12:30, 17 April 2023	5,568 × 3,712 (3.94 MB)	Killarnee	Retouched dust spots
	20:10, 10 March 2020	5,568 × 3,712 (3.64 MB)	Killarnee	Uploaded a work by Astro_Alex from https://www.flickr.com/photos/72482589@N07/44890862664/ with UploadWizard

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File:Deforestation central Europe - Rodungen Mitteleuropa.jpg

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Central Europe

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copyrighted

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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

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14 October 2018

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Nikon D5

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0.0015625 second

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13

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17 millimetre

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400

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