NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn has shared a breathtaking image taken from the space station showing the curvature of Earth as well as part of the Caribbean.
NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn has shared a breathtaking image taken from the International Space Station showing the curvature of Earth as well as part of the Caribbean.
In his tweet, the experienced astronaut described the Caribbean Sea, with its beautiful blue colors, as “a candidate for the second favorite view of the Earth from space,” adding that an astronaut’s favorite view is of course the one of their home nation. The picture was captured around 250 miles above Earth, with the wide view showing off the curvature of Earth. As Marshburn points out in his tweet, the image also includes Japan’s external experiment platform, seen to the right of the photo.
The pair arrived at the ISS in November along with NASA’s Raja Chari and Matthias Maurier of the European Space Agency. They’ll stay aboard the orbiting outpost for around six months, returning in late April.
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