Clouds as you've never seen them before: Incredible pictures taken by astronaut on International Space Station show different cloud formations from above
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Alexander Gerst really has his head above the clouds.
The German astronaut and geophysicist is currently aboard the International Space Station where he often takes pictures of the Earth as it whizzes by hundreds of miles below.
Mr Gerst particularly likes photographing dramatic shadows cast by cloud formations, as this series of stunning photographs shows.
Earlier this week Mr Gerst turned his camera on himself and took an enviable selfie while he was out fixing a pump during the first U.S. spacewalk since April.
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Looking down on creation: Astronaut Alexander Gerst captures swirling cloud formations from the International Space Station
When day and night meet: In this image, the night sky is in perfect contrast to the daylight which appears to glow as they meet
Selfie star: Earlier this week Mr Gerst took a break from fixing a pump on the space station to take an enviable picture of himself
Mr Gerst, who is also a geophysicist and volcanologist, tests his space suit before venturing out to fix the pump
On cloud 9: Mr Gerst likes spending his down time photographing dramatic cloud formations, like this scene above
Black band: The night sky forms a tight ribbon around the clouds which blanket the sky, but also dot the horizon in small clusters
Frosty image: The clouds appear like hardened frost on the windscreen of the sky, in this arty photograph
White wash: The clouds look like ocean spray in this image, left, and seem to coat the earth like a snowy blanket, right
Eye spy: A small country is visible through a keyhole in the cloudy sky which appears like a white moss growing across the skyline
Hidden peaks: The snowy peaks of a mountain range jut out of the top of a thick cluster of clouds
Pretty patterns: These gaps in the clouds look like a fishes gills and act as louvres offering a peak down at the earth below
Cupcake in the clouds: A cluster of clouds stands out like a little button amongst a thick blanket which almost covers the sky
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