NASA Astronaut captures photos of Seattle, Tacoma from space station
Apr 27, 2016, 9:03 AM
The International Space Station as it flew over Madagascar, showing three of the five spacecraft docked to the station. The station crew awaits the scheduled launch today, April 8, of the third resupply vehicle in three weeks: a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft. (Courtesy Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake)
(Courtesy Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake)
Jeff Williams took advantage of his view from the International Space Station to get a unique shot of some Pacific Northwest cities Tuesday morning.
Good Morning USA! Tacoma, Seattle, Portland.
— Jeff Williams (@Astro_Jeff)
Williams’ greeting is part of his almost daily roll of photos he tweets from the space station. Other recent tweets have included a panoramic of the Vanderkloof Dam and reservoir in South Africa, Grand Canyon, San Diego and Long Beach.
Merged panorama Vanderkloof Dam and reservoir along the Orange River, South Africa.
— Jeff Williams (@Astro_Jeff)
Ridge…or canyon? So much detail, it's almost an optical illusion in this shot of .
— Jeff Williams (@Astro_Jeff)
California dreamin' from the . Can you tell which is San Diego and which is Long Beach?
— Jeff Williams (@Astro_Jeff)
Williams is one of six astronauts on the . The crew is currently on Expedition 47, which began March 1 and ends June 5. The expedition includes musculoskeletal research, chemistry research, and a technology demonstration.
