They are photos that can be said to be really out of this world for the images they have captured.
A pilot from Suffolk has captured the "mesmerising" moment a Russian rocket soared past him as it headed into space.
Alex Robertson, a 29-year-old pilot from Beccles, was flying at 32,000ft above Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan piloting a commercial courier flight when he saw the Progress MS-29 across his flight path.
The unmanned cargo vehicle, modelled on the Soyuz range, was on its way to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).
Mr Robertson took the images and video around 12.30pm on November 21, saying the rocket "was a few hundred miles away in Kazakhstan and considerably higher than our level".
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The video shows the vapour trail left by the rocket as it headed towards space.
He described the view as "pretty crazy" and added: "It was mesmerising - it was a once in a lifetime event.
"I was speaking to guys who have been doing this for years who have never experienced something like this."
Mr Robertson got his private pilot licence in 2016 and his commercial licence to fly in 2019.
Now he flies long haul cargo flights around the world.
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The Progress MS-29 was the first rocket to fly cargo in space and return freight back to Earth.
The rocket, which was developed by the Soviet Union, first launched in 1978.
It has been delivering essential supplies to astronauts on the ISS since 2000.
Lift-off for its 182nd flight was televised live by Russian Federal Space Agency’s TV Roskosmos.
The rocket weighs around seven tonnes and can carry around 2.5 tonnes of food, water, oxygen, fuel and scientific gear.
It delivered the supplies two days later on November 23.
On the same night, Vladimir Putin launched the new Oreshnik hypersonic missile.
Clips of the rocket launch were incorrectly shared on social media as showing the new weapon going across the sky.
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