Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Not just twinkling lights: Astronaut sees rocket fire from space


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Reid Wiseman's photo of the glowing Nile taken from the ISS on July 22, 2014.
Though the astronauts aboard the International Space Station often post astonishingly lovely photos showcasing Earth's delicate beauty on Twitter, today's post by German Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) showed a sadder depiction. Calling it his "saddest photo yet", Gerst tweeted, "From #ISS we can actually see explosions and rockets flying over #Gaza & #Israel." The most recent offensive started on July 8 as a result of the murder of three Israeli teenagers and does not seem to be near cease-fire.
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Alexander Gerst's photo of rockets exploding in Gaza.

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