Check out this breathtaking photo taken from Space Shuttle Endeavour of the Earth and the International Space Station.
I can’t even imagine the feeling of being in space and being able to see these types of images first hand. As beautiful as all these pictures are, actually seeing it live with your own two eyes must be such an overwhelming and rewarding experience that nothing else could ever even come close to measuring up to it.
S118-E-09467 (19 Aug. 2007) — Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station appears to be very small as it moves away from Space Shuttle Endeavour. Earlier the STS-118 and Expedition 15 crews concluded nearly nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 6:56 a.m. (CDT) on Aug. 19, 2007. The lower portion of Italy is visible at left.
If you’d like to see the original picture (I resized this some to fit in the viewer my blog uses), you can get it here.
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