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June 22, 2010 9:18 PM Subscribe
High above the earth, Astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock is tweeting from his new six month position on the International Space Station. His latest twitpics include the Southern Lights from space. Another photograph of this phenomenon is credited to the expedition.
Southern Lights previously on Mefi.
Southern Lights previously on Mefi.
S(t)weet.
posted by New England Cultist at 9:53 PM on June 22, 2010
posted by New England Cultist at 9:53 PM on June 22, 2010
Aurora in May, over North America from Astro_Soichi.
posted by unliteral at 10:26 PM on June 22, 2010
posted by unliteral at 10:26 PM on June 22, 2010
The only thing cooler than the Southern Lights is Tweets® posted on the website of the for-profit company Twitter®!
I can't wait to check it out at www.twitter.com!
posted by hamida2242 at 11:50 PM on June 22, 2010
I can't wait to check it out at www.twitter.com!
posted by hamida2242 at 11:50 PM on June 22, 2010
Thanks for sharing the additional links netbros, homunculus and uliteral!
I've always seen the standard pictures of the earth from space looking like the blue/white/brown/green marble. It just struck me as cool that our planet has these dancing around us and how that might look to others observing us. We may not have rings like Saturn, but these are beautiful.
posted by NoraCharles at 6:10 AM on June 23, 2010
I've always seen the standard pictures of the earth from space looking like the blue/white/brown/green marble. It just struck me as cool that our planet has these dancing around us and how that might look to others observing us. We may not have rings like Saturn, but these are beautiful.
posted by NoraCharles at 6:10 AM on June 23, 2010
The only thing cooler than the Southern Lights is Tweets® posted on the website of the for-profit company Twitter®!
Right? We'd be MUCH better off if he wasn't posting these!
posted by dirtdirt at 6:13 AM on June 23, 2010
Right? We'd be MUCH better off if he wasn't posting these!
posted by dirtdirt at 6:13 AM on June 23, 2010
The guys' tweets are pretty schlocky, but the pictures are cool.
posted by garlic at 6:16 AM on June 23, 2010
posted by garlic at 6:16 AM on June 23, 2010
Astronauts on twitter, previously. io9 has a little gallery of twitpics from space, and collectSpace is keeping a running tally of twitter handles for astronauts, now up to 18 NASA astronauts, 6 international astronauts, and a few more associated folks.
posted by filthy light thief at 6:34 AM on June 23, 2010
posted by filthy light thief at 6:34 AM on June 23, 2010
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posted by netbros at 9:44 PM on June 22, 2010