Italian Astronaut Tweets Extreme Aerial View of NYC From Space

#NewYork NewYork! Can almost see the Statue of Liberty. Which is, by the way, #UNESCO #WorldHeritage!
#NewYork NewYork! Can almost see the Statue of Liberty. Which is, by the way, #UNESCO #WorldHeritage!

Italian Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is currently on the International Space Station as part of the the Futura mission. She has been flooding Twitter with fantastic extreme birds-eye view photographs of cities and countries around the globe. Enjoy this one of New York City and the Tri-State Area from about 268 miles (431 km) above the surface.

via reddit

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