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Awesome Image Of The ISS Could Be A Lost Star Wars Frame

This blurry image could be a lost Star Wars frame, but it’s real. I’ve spent about five minutes looking at it in silence, thinking about how would it feel to be that astronaut. His name is Ron Garan.

This is how he spent his last day in space, on board the International Space Station:

That’s me in the cupola off the coast of Australia taking my last of >25K pics

I’m in complete awe and so impossibly jealous. [Twitter]

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    Sid Meier

    Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    would be pretty awesome.
    As much as I hate heights, this would be something i’d do if I had the chance.

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    olearymo

    Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    Goodness that’s quite a photo.

    The stars are quite visible here, too. Often with real space photos I find they’re not as visible? Quite cool.

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    Lorelle

    Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 3:41 PM

    Oh, so incredibly jealous.

    Ain’t it a wonder that we pay so little attention to people and things heading off into space today? And that we do not scream our heads off at politicians for not supporting space travel and exploration more?

    And yet, if we could, I bet a huge portion of the world would jump at the chance to be sitting in that seat.

    I long for something to ignite our space thinking imagination again. Thanks for sparking mine!

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    Just This Guy ...

    Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    Oohhh It’s Brisbane and the Gold Coast
    (I’m pretty sure)
    I just love the way the atmosphere shows up in this shot too.
    I think I’d like to be whomever took the photo too. Awesome view.

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      Steve

      Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 8:25 PM

      What makes you think it’s SE Queensland? From the way the shot was taken, it could be over any coastal region in the world. And the orientation doesn’t even give anything away. It could be a photo of the Western African coast for all we know (despite the light)

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        moshy

        Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 5:48 AM

        did you even read this..? it says it is the Australian coast…
        jeeezzzz!

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      Sid Meier

      Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 5:16 PM

      i agree, i think it’s brissy and goldy.

      Just below the main groups of lights looks like Byron Bay coz of the way the land is more easterly than anything near it.

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    bioallethrin

    Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 10:34 PM

    yer, brisbane or perth. don’t think its any other cap

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