NASA HAS RELEASED a set of satellite photos taken from the International Space Station – one for each country competing in the World Cup.

Take a trip round the world, in football terms:

Algeria

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Dunes near the town of Gadamis NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Argentina

NASA Goddard Photo and Video The Paraná River Floodplain NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Australia

NASA Goddard Photo and Video The ISS passes over Australia at night - with crew visible inside the station's cupola to the right of the picture NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Belgium

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Liege, Belgium, at night NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NASA Goddard Photo and Video The Dinaric Alps NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Brazil

NASA Goddard Photo and Video San Simao Reservoir NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Cameroon

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Lac de Mbakaou NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Chile

NASA Goddard Photo and Video The Lluta River in the Atacama Desert NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Colombia

NASA Goddard Photo and Video The eruption of the Nevado Del Ruiz volcano NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Costa Rica

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Unrest at Turrialba Volcano NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Croatia

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Storms on the Adriatic Sea NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Wildfires (visible as red dots) across west Africa NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Ecuador

NASA Goddard Photo and Video The Napo River through forest NASA Goddard Photo and Video

England

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Extratropical Cyclone over the United Kingdom NASA Goddard Photo and Video

France

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Huge swirls of phytoplankton in the Bay of Biscay, off France NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Germany

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Aachen, Cologne and Bonn by night NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Ghana

NASA Goddard Photo and Video The shore of the Songor Lagoon NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Greece

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Greece from the ISS NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Honduras

NASA Goddard Photo and Video The Mosquito Coast NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Iran

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Dasht-e Kevir (Great Salt Desert, Iran) NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Italy

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Venice lagoon NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Japan

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Tokyo by night NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Mexico

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Mountain ridges in Monterrey, Mexico NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Netherlands

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Den Helder Port, home of the Dutch Royal Navy NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Nigeria

NASA Goddard Photo and Video The Bodele Depression, a now-dry former lakebed NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Portugal

NASA Goddard Photo and Video NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Russia

NASA Goddard Photo and Video The eruption of the Saychev Volcano on Russia's Kuril Islands NASA Goddard Photo and Video

South Korea

NASA Goddard Photo and Video South Korea, bordering the almost-completely-dark North Korea NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Spain

NASA Goddard Photo and Video Solar Towers NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Switzerland

NASA Goddard Photo and Video The Bernese Alps NASA Goddard Photo and Video

USA

NASA Goddard Photo and Video City lights across the USA NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Uruguay

NASA Goddard Photo and Video The Rio de la Plata Estuary NASA Goddard Photo and Video

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