The most awesome picture you'll see today

[NuclearDem]

Because it's real.




Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson on board the ISS. Earth is so beautiful from orbit!

[bbinacan]

1. So cool. n/t

[de novo]

2. Damn, I thought this was going to be another Dick Cheney pic.

That is a nice sight, though.

[the redcoat]

3. I can see my house

[Poll_Blind]

4. When they're not just destroying the SHIT out of everything, humans can be soooo cool. K&R!

PB

[Blue_Tires]

5. are we building a death star up there and i just haven't been paying attention?

[spanone]

6. it's an international space station....

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/

[TransitJohn]

7. Haha, I knew instantly what you meant

The Throne Room.

[NuclearDem]

9. Haha that's actually not the first time I've heard that

But yeah, that's from aboard the ISS

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

21. That's Gibraltar!

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=35.960223,-5.603027&spn=4.91662,8.470459&t=k&z=7

[NuclearDem]

22. Right on!

I had to sort of look at a weird angle to see it, but that is indeed Gibraltar. :)

[tblue37]

8. I wonder if she can see Russia. nt

[UrbScotty]

11. You betcha. Also.

[RandySF]

10. I know it's real but

I'm waiting to hear her say "My God, it's full of stars" against the backdrop of Strausse's Blue Danube Waltz

[proteus_lives]

12. Very cool.

[pa28]

13. Beauty shot.

I thought you posted a movie still for just a second.

[NuclearDem]

14. If you ever needed a reason to cut defense spending and pour it all into NASA...

It would be so that everyone can have a view like this eventually. :)

[rhiannon55]

15. I love seeing the shimmering blue marble

so beautiful

[leveymg]

16. Mother Earth.

In some ways, we have become as the Gods themselves, and just as fallible.

[inna]

17. TOTALLY awesome!! K&R

[grahamhgreen]

18. I can see Russia!

[BlueCheese]

19. Not too far from now...

... space travel, or at least space tourism, will probably be accessible to the middle class people. I hope I live to see the day. It'd be amazing to see space before everything goes dark.

I imagine in a hundred years or so, people will look back on us as we do people in the Middle Ages--so confined in what they were able to see and do. They hardly ever got to see much more than their own locality; we were bound to the earth's surface.

[NuclearDem]

20. I would absolutely jump at the opportunity to take a trip into space

But until that day, the best we can do is support NASA and private groups like Virgin who have the capability to make headway in that field.

[GOTV]

23. Beats the view from my office

[bluedigger]

24. The commute is pretty rough, though.

[bluedigger]

25. And she rocks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-DLc9CRYYc :headbang:
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