Last year like you’ve never seen it before: New documentary The Year From Space documents how 2022 looked from an astronaut’s perspective
- Above our heads, hundreds of satellites orbit the earth, every 90 minutes, travelling at around 27,000 km/h
- Whether they are capturing the natural world, or snapping mankind, they reveal the planet in a different light
- Some of the most enduring images include Tonga’s terrifying volcano and Florida’s devastating Hurricane Ian
It was a year that will go down in history: as the world emerged from the pandemic, life gradually began to return to normal – until the war in Ukraine brought a global recession and the celebrations of the Queen’s Jubilee led to the mourning of her death.
Now, a new Channel 4 documentary, The Year From Space, has captured 2022 on camera, from an astronaut’s point of view, enabling viewers to glimpse images that fewer than 650 people have seen with their own eyes.
Above our heads, hundreds of satellites orbit the earth, every 90 minutes, travelling at 27,000 kilometres an hour and taking more than four million photographs a day.
Whether they are capturing the natural world, or snapping mankind, the images reveal planet earth in a different light: from natural disasters such as wildfires, droughts, and floods, to the wonders of the Earth’s ultimate lightshow, the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights.
Some of the most enduring images include Tonga’s terrifying volcano and Florida’s devastating Hurricane Ian.
We see the crowds returning to St Peter’s Square in Rome and millions of pilgrims gathering in Mecca for the Hajj while unknown colonies of penguins in Antarctica and plumes of herring spawn in the Pacific Ocean.
The Year from Space is on Channel 4 on Tuesday January 3 at 7.30pm.
Hurricane Ian is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the Caribbean Sea east of Belize. At the time of this photograph, Ian was just south of Cuba gaining strength and heading toward Florida
It was a year that will go down in history: as the world emerged from the pandemic, life gradually began to return to normal. Pictured: Tulip fields in Lisse, Netherlands in full bloom
Until the war in Ukraine brought a global recession and the celebrations of the Queen’s Jubilee led to the mourning of her death. Pictured: Hunga Tonga volcano that erupted in Tonga in January
Now, a new Channel 4 documentary, The Year From Space, has captured 2022 on camera, from an astronaut’s point of view. Pictured: Central Park in the Summer
This will enable viewers to glimpse images that fewer than 650 people have seen with their own eyes. Pictured: A hurricane from space (location unknown)
Above our heads, hundreds of satellites orbit the earth, every 90 minutes, travelling at 27,000 kilometres an hour and taking more than four million photographs a day. Pictured: Disney world with guests streaming through
London, the Queen’s funeral. Lines of people at The Albert Memorial waiting for the hearse as it leaves for Windsor
Whether they are capturing the natural world, or snapping mankind, the images reveal planet earth in a different light. Pictured: Queen’s funeral – crowds at Hyde Park and Knightsbridge
From natural disasters such as wildfires, droughts, and floods, to the wonders of the Earth’s ultimate lightshow, the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights. Pictured: Queen’s Jubilee
Thousands of Catholics gather in St Peter’s Square, Rome, in July 2022
Some of the most enduring images include Tonga’s terrifying volcano and Florida’s devastating Hurricane Ian. Pictured: Central Park in the Spring
We see the crowds returning to St Peter’s Square in Rome and millions of pilgrims gathering in Mecca for the Hajj. Pictured: Central Park in the Autumn
While unknown colonies of penguins in Antarctica and plumes of herring spawn in the Pacific Ocean. Pictured: Central Park in the Winter
The geometric formation of South Korean seaweed farms
The Year from Space is on Channel 4 on Tuesday January 3 at 7.30pm. Pictured: Burning Man festival 2022
Group of Walrus’ in South Georgia
Southern Norway’s Glaciers and Fjords dusted with snow on the approach to Autumn
Loire Valley in 2022 showing the extent of heat and drought
Trucks and cars waiting in traffic jam near the Russian border with Georgia
Skateboarders return to Venice Beach skate park after Covid-19 pandemic, California
Buildings and fuel storage tanks on fire at Antonov Airport, Hostomel, Ukraine, on March 11, 2022
Close view of traffic and bridge repair work on the collapsed part of the Kerch Strait bridge in Crimea on October 12, 2022
Mariupol theater and nearby buildings, Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 29, 2022
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