NASA astronaut and Waterbury native Rick Mastracchio has been tweeting some brilliant photos of his home planet while aboard the International Space Station. Today, he tweeted this photo of the Elm City.
His photo subjects have spanned the globe though. Here's a sample of his other shots.
Waterbury CT (part of it).using 400 mm. Next time the 800 for better detail. pic.twitter.com/2NbSrT2FRw
— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) January 9, 2014
New York - Laguardia airport, Central Park and more pic.twitter.com/Q7YeLuzmMe
— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) January 9, 2014
West coast of India, somewhere south of Bombay. pic.twitter.com/fGJc6bzVHq
— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) January 9, 2014
The boot of Italy - last one to finish up the Italian set. Enjoy. pic.twitter.com/e581ReWnGf
— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) January 8, 2014
Suez Canal, Egypt pic.twitter.com/5el02n120S
— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) January 8, 2014
Palm Islands Dubai pic.twitter.com/x5ErZxkhOI
— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) January 8, 2014
To all the Olympic athletes in the US, @USOlympic and around the world. A shot of Sochi for you. Good luck! pic.twitter.com/hyCAUcAqag
— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) January 5, 2014
Netherlands, Belgium area - incredible water ways. I can even see the ships. pic.twitter.com/loz6EzqAS4
— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) January 5, 2014
Incredible geological structure in Iran (I think). pic.twitter.com/3a1g5VABXB
— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) January 5, 2014
Active Volcano in El Salvador pic.twitter.com/P6wIR952VP
— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) December 30, 2013
Houston - I think I left my lights on! pic.twitter.com/1zKpRpaA71
— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) December 12, 2013
New hobby- pics of lightning from space. Storm over N Africa. Looks like it is from Soyuz but it is far below us. pic.twitter.com/4EHMFVu2a4
— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) November 21, 2013
'Standing'in Cupola somewhere over southern end of South America. That is not one small step. pic.twitter.com/CpWGqjG5d7
— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) November 17, 2013