View of the Bahamas from the Cupola aboard the ISS

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Originally shared by Pierre Markuse

View of the Bahamas from the Cupola aboard the ISS

In this image you can see a colorful view of the Bahamas from Space, taken by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (https://goo.gl/Ub9jKX) from aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

The Cupola with its seven windows was built by ESA (https://goo.gl/AZKxDy). The circular 80 centimeters (31 inches) window is the largest ever used in space. More information here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupola_(ISS_module)

Year in Space

Scott Kelly is currently on a one-year mission in space, joined by Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko (https://goo.gl/rGe08R). By extending the mission time from the usual six months to one year the researchers hope to better understand how the human body reacts and adapts to long-duration spaceflight. More on that here:
https://www.nasa.gov/content/a-year-in-space   

Scott Kelly frequently posts pictures from space on his Twitter, follow him here: https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly

Image credit: Bahamas from Space NASA/Scott Kelly https://goo.gl/Va4otS

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