We restrained ourselves from using the words “mind-blowing”, and rather provoked a FOMO-inducing reaction from our headline.
Well justified too, I think you will agree..
According to Mashable:
Millions of people came out this Earth Day to clean up and care for the planet. But space agencies and companies took a different approach, choosing to celebrate our Earth from up above.
Cool.
You ready?
This BEAUTY was taken by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company, during Saturday’s SES-10 satellite mission.
Pretty sweet.
Next, NASA:
And their caption:
For us here at NASA, Earth Day is every day! With a fleet of spacecraft orbiting our home planet collecting data on everything from the air we breathe to natural disasters that impact our lives, Earth is always in focus. Join us as we celebrate our home with beautiful views from our unique vantage point of space. Image Credit: NASA #nasa#earth#earthday#space#science
Over to the International Space Station:
One of the best ways to view our planet on #EarthDay is astronaut photography from the space station crew!
They also tweeted out this video:
This #EarthDay watch views of our planet from 250 miles up on the space station in its full 4K glory on YouTube: https://t.co/Q0ZcnmicKk pic.twitter.com/cZYWtSsJMS
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) April 22, 2017
Serious editing skills, hey Flat Earth Society?
[source:mashable]
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