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Station Astronaut Snaps Super Sharp View of the Great Pyramids from Space

Saturday, June 13, 2015 12:41
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The Great Egyptian Pyramids of Giza from space and the International Space Station on 10 June 2015.  “It took me until my last day in space to get a good picture of these! Credit:  NASA: Terry Virts/@AstroTerry

The Great Egyptian Pyramids of Giza from space and the International Space Station on 10 June 2015. “It took me until my last day in space to get a good picture of these!
Credit: NASA/Terry Virts/@AstroTerry
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On his last full day in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Terry Virts at last captured a truly iconic shot of one of the “Seven Wonders of the World” – the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

Virts snapped the exquisitely sharp view of the Egyptian pyramids at Giza on June 10 looking out from the stations windows, just hours before entering the (…)
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Post tags: anton shkaplerov, esa, expedition 43, Great Pyramids, International Space Station (ISS), ISS, NASA, Pyramids from Space, Roscosmos, samantha cristoforetti, terry virts

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