Banks Peninsula in New Zealand from the ISS

Credit: ESA

A view of Banks Peninsula in New Zealand photographed from the International Space Station by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst. 

Alexander is currently a member of the resident ISS Expedition 40 crew after arriving with the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on 29 May 2014. 

Follow Alexander's Blue Dot mission on www.esa.int/bluedot and on social media via alexandergerst.esa.int