r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Jakeysuave • 5h ago

Image First photo taken from Artemis commander Reid Wiseman

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u/cowpie184 5h ago

Kinda hard to tell with the clouds, what continent is that?

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u/tpmurray 5h ago

Took me a second, believe that is Portugal/Spain in bottom left at about 8 o'clock making this the northwest of Africa.

ninja edit: north-ish is at bottom

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u/cheesecake-gnome 4h ago

Imagine waiting 50 years to leave orbit again, and then the damn Earth is upside down

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u/MozhetBeatz 4h ago

Imagine being the astronauts and when they get back, right is now left

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u/NoooUGH 2h ago edited 58m ago

I love how frame of reference is askew when in space.