Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Reflections on Planet Earth

NASA ^ | January 02, 2014 | (see photo credit)

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Explanation: Catching sight of your reflection in a store window or shiny hubcap can be entertaining and occasionally even inspire a thoughtful moment. So consider this reflective view from 300 kilometers above planet Earth. The picture is actually a self-portrait taken by astronaut Michael Fossum on July 8, 2006 during a space walk or extravehicular activity while the Discovery orbiter was docked with the International Space Station. Turning his camera to snap a picture of his own helmet visor, he also recorded the reflection of his fellow mission specialist, Piers Sellers, near picture center and one of the space station's gold-tinted solar power arrays arcing across the top. Of course, the horizon of our fair planet lies in background.

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[Credit: Michael Fossum, STS-121 Mission, NASA]

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[Bobalu]

An astronaut selfie :-)

[doorgunner69]

An astronaut selfie :-)

Can't resist, but:

Someone should Photoshop the Wookie glowering in the background with the death stare...........

[Bobalu]

lol...good idea :-)

[KoRn]

We have some neat looking planets/moons in our galactic neighborhood, but ours is by far the coolest looking. If I were visiting our Solar System and saw all of our planets, Earth would be the one I’d visit first.(not that I’m biased or anything)