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So I'm browsing my photography feed on Google+. There are the usual charming street photos, some gorgeous birds, plenty of bugs on flowers. A sunset or two.
Then, unexpectedly, a moonrise from somewhere high above the earth. Some guy is posting photos from space.
Not photographs of space, from a telescope, like we mere mortals might do. No. These images are actually captured from orbit, looking down. Wow.
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The source is NASA astronaut Ron Garan, who recently spent half a year in the international space station and started his G+ account from low earth orbit. Lucky for us, Garan remembered to pack a camera. Feast your eyes on these!
More where these came from: Ron Garan's G+ page