[Space] Station Astronaut Snaps Super Sharp View of the Great Pyramids from Space

Universe Today ^ | 13 June 2015 | Ken Kremer

[Lorianne]

[NormsRevenge]

Bring a nose clip if ya ever go inside the big Pyramid.

And don’t forget to ride a camel. :-)

[Fungi]

That is “sharp?”

[Zuben Elgenubi]

It’s the belt of Orion.

[tallyhoe]

Pretty Cool!!!

[Huskrrrr]

And don’t forget to ride a camel. :-)

[Dr. Ursus]

We were two hrs. Away from leaving on the first day of the Arab spring. Now,we’ll never get there.

[PoloSec]

It is good to have these pictures from space perspective now because if ISIS et al has anything to do with it they won’t be there to get pictures of in the future.

[SES1066]

This is from a very good hand camera but still is a hand camera. Now think about what the pictures taken by the top-line military surveillance cameras must look like! I cannot help but wonder how many backyard sunbathers have ‘starred’ in unknown (to them) snapshots! Of course Cap d’Agde in France is probably regularly surveilled (just as a precautionary measure!)

[Mr. K]

I think they let you ride a camel for free

But it is $10 to get down

[ETL]

The Space Station orbits around 200 miles above the earth. And it’s traveling around 5 miles per second.

[Dalberg-Acton]

https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Great+Pyramid+at+Giza/@29.9706515,31.1316958,703a,20y,41.52t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x810c2f3fa2a52424

[SkyPilot]

And don’t forget to ride a camel. :-)

I refused to ride them there, because the camels were covered in fleas. My friends got great photos of themselves on a camel in front of the pyramids though.

[GeronL]

It’ll be surrounded by slums soon enough

[NormsRevenge]

saheeb!

I still have my headdress.. And pics too.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Blurry to me. Let’s see a spy satellite view — they can read license plates.

[alpo]

n2yo.com

ISS site. Tells when you can watch it go by. Also has a live feed of the Earth view during daylight.

[odawg]

When I was a teenager, I used to read books on the Great Pyramid. Do they allow anyone to sleep in the King’s Chamber? One book I read said that Napoleon slept there one night and came out completely shaken. Wouldn’t say what happened because he said no one would believe him.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Super sharp”
“Truly iconic shot.”
“Equisitely sharp view.”
“Spectacular photo.”
“Fantastically beautiful photo.”
“Stunning photo.”

Sheesh, Kremer, put the bong pipe down. You got a serious astronaut crush?

[alpo]

Around 8:56 pm PDT tonight (Sunday) the ISS will be going by the North Star as viewed from Seattle. Visible for about 8 minutes total. Goes dark when it gets to Iowa.