Almost every month, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shares some photograph or video that takes social media by storm.
A photo of a black hole, a 10-year-all time-lapse video of the sun, and a picture of a perfectly rectangular iceberg in Antarctica – these are some of the recent visuals that went massively viral and left netizens both baffled and fascinated.
In July, the space agency was able to take the ‘closest’ pictures of the sun. The pictures were clicked a mere 48 million miles away from it, which makes it quite close. A Solar Orbiter clicked them which is a joint venture of NASA with the European Space Agency. NASA had shared the information about the activity on their official Twitter page.
They have once again mesmerised people around the world by capturing spectacular images of Earth’s longest river from space.
The photos were shared on Twitter by NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Cassidy is popular on the micro-blogging site for keeping netizens engaged with pictures of the earth and other celestial objects.
His latest post shows The Nile sparking under the night sky as it flows in north-east Africa. At first glance, it actually looks like fireworks.
“Water is life and nowhere on the planet is that more evident than the Nile River at night,” Cassidy captioned the photos.
Take a look:
The tweet by Cassidy has garnered more than 6,000 likes and hundreds of reactions for his followers.
A user wrote, “The River Nile has always been a source of fascination for most people, be it for tourism, commerce or geographical interests. The views from space are simply spectacular. Thanks again for taking the time to share.”
“Looks like a diamond necklace! So beautiful from above! We love Nile River!” wrote another.
The Nile, which is a north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, is 6,600 km long and its drainage basin covers eleven countries. It has two major tributaries – the White Nile and the Blue Nile.
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