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Feast your eyes on astronaut Tim Peake’s stunning images – they’re out of this world

During his six months aboard the International Space Station, British astronaut Tim Peake captured hundreds of spectacular images of Earth, and the heavens, with his trusty Nikon D4. To mark Tim’s return to Earth we’ve put together a selection of the best images taken by Tim – and one amazing image Tim… All images courtesy ESA/NASA

Spacewalk

“Myworksite–perchedon the farthest hand rail on the International Space Station. To my right was nothing but the vast blackness of space .” This image of Tim’s spacewalk on January 15 was taken by US astronaut Tim Kopra, commander of the International Space Station. Nikon D4, Nikon AF 24mm f/2.8D 1/400 sec, f/10, ISO400