Some cool Kazakhstan images:

Soyuz TMA-8
Kazakhstan

Image by NASA on The Commons
Collection: NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
Common Description: International Space Station Imagery

Description: JSC2006-E-11602 (30 March 2006) — With the launch of a Soyuz rocket, cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, Russia?s Federal Space Agency Expedition 13 International Space Station commander, and astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer, began their mission Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. EST, (Thursday, March 30, 2006, 8:30 a.m. Kazakhstan time). They launched aboard a Soyuz TMA-8 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Joining them for a number of days as a Soyuz crew member prior to returning house with the Expedition 12 crew is astronaut Marcos Pontes, Brazilian Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

image id: Photo-jsc2006e11602

UID: SPD-SPFLT-Photo-jsc2 006e11602
original url: spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/html/…

SOURCE: nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~16~16~112556~two…

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Expedition 13
Kazakhstan

Image by NASA on The Commons
Collection: NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
Common Description: International Space Station Imagery

Description: JSC2006-E-11601 (30 March 2006) — With the launch of a Soyuz rocket, cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, Russia‘s Federal Space Agency Expedition 13 International Space Station commander, and astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer, began their mission Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. EST, (Thursday, March 30, 2006, 8:30 a.m. Kazakhstan time). They launched aboard a Soyuz TMA-8 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Joining them for many days as a Soyuz crew member before returning home with the Expedition 12 crew is astronaut Marcos Pontes, Brazilian Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

image id: Photo-jsc2006e11601
UID: SPD-SPFLT-Photo-jsc2 006e11601
Original url: spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/html/…

SOURCE: nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~16~16~112572~2…

Go to www.nasaimages.org for the most comprehensive compilation of NASA stills, film and video, created in partnership with Internet Archive.

Check out these Russia images:

Lake Baikal – Russia
Russia

Image by TWAM – Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Breaking ice on the frozen lake in Russia

The icebreaking steamer ‘Baikal’ was built at Walker in 1896. These photographs show it in action on Lake Baikal.

Reference: TWAS: ds.swh/four/ph/6/two

(Copyright) We’re happy for you to share this digital image inside the spirit of The Commons. Please cite ‘Tyne &amp Wear Archives &amp Museums’ when reusing. Specific restrictions on high top quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though if you’re unsure please e-mail archives@twmuseums.org.uk.

To buy a hi-res copy please e-mail archives@twmuseums.org.uk quoting the title and reference quantity.

The White Tower, Novgorod, Russia
Russia

Image by Swedish National Heritage Board
The White tower, defence tower in Velikij Novgorod.

Vita tornet, försvarstorn i Novgorod i Ryssland.

Location: Velikij Novgorod, Russia

Photograph by: Unknown
Date: c. 1900
Format: Albumen print

Persistent URL: http://www.kms.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000218524

Read far more about the photo database (in english): www.kms.raa.se/cocoon/bild/about.html

Some cool China images:

China
China

Image by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives
Catalog #: 01335
Subject: The Flying Tigers – China
Title: China
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

China
China

Image by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives
Catalog #: 00839
Topic: The Flying Tigers – China
Title: China
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

China
China

Image by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives
Catalog #: 01342
Topic: The Flying Tigers – China
Title: China
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

A couple of nice Afghanistan images I located:

Lockheed : C-130 : Hercules
Afghanistan

Image by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives
Catalog #: 00036186
Manufacturer: Lockheed
Designation: C-130
Official Nickname: Hercules
Notes: DIO
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

Lockheed : C-130 : Hercules
Afghanistan

Image by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives
Catalog #: 00042465
Manufacturer: Lockheed
Designation: C-130
Official Nickname: Hercules
Notes: DIO Op. Enduring Freedom
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive