Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) leave no chance of showing off their photographic skills, with three of them posting striking images of Earth recently. The first image comes from Thomas Pesquet, who is famous for posting informative videos of space and Earth from the ISS.

The image shared by him looks like an oil painting. The image was captured earlier this week as the ISS passed over Australia, though Pesquet did not mention which part of the country it was. Another image shows the aerial view of San Francisco and it was posted by NASA astronaut Megan McArthur. The Golden Gate Bridge can be easily spotted in the center of the image.

A perspective like no other

McArthur’s image also shows the Gulf of the Farallones, San Francisco Bay, the city, and if you look closely, you’ll be able to see Alcatraz Island as well. Lastly, astronaut Shane Kimbrough shared a surreal image of some unexplained crop-circle phenomenon.

It looks like a US farmland that uses a sprinkler system that rotates at the center. The process is called “center pivot irrigation,” which leads to circular fields of crops like the ones shown here.

Sharing unique things seen from space

Previously, ISS astronauts witnessed something strange. In September, they found a strange blue glow over Europe. The glow was a “transient luminous event,” as per French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. He shared the image via his Twitter handle. This is something that occurs when there’s lightning in the upper atmosphere in altitudes above where it usually happens. All in all, it looks like something striking that has never been captured before.

Recently, Thomas Pesquet also shared a video shot with a 360-degree camera that takes you on a journey from the ISS’ Node 3 module, also called Tranquility. As the 360-degree nature of the video lets viewers spin around to explore the module interiors, you can watch the footage multiple times and find something unique every time.