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“Moon balloon”. Poised on the brink of space, this astonishing shot shows the curvature of the Earth with the towering Rocky Mountains reduced to tiny wrinkles on the surface below. Taken with the aid of a high altitude balloon, lanuched from Boulder, Colorado, the photographer captures the breath-taking view of the Earth from 87,000 feet about its surface. The tiny dot of the Moon pictured in the distance emphasizes the vast expanase between our plante and its nearest cosmic neighbour. Highly commended in the Earth and Space categor. (Photo by Patrick Cullis, USA/The Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014 Contest)
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