Astronaut Soichi Noguchi shares photo of Pyramids clicked from ISS, see pic

Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who splashed down on earth earlier today, has shared a special photograph that he ed from International Space Station (ISS) during his stay re. Taking to Twitter, Noguchi posted a stunningly detailed photograph of Great Pyramids of Giza, a world heritage site constructed by ancient Egyptians. Alongside, he also revealed that photograph was particularly significant as it was ed on his last day on station.

panoramic picture not only features architectural marvel but also neighbouring Al Giza Desert. ditionally, it also features nearby residential settlements. Interestingly, picture was shared before Noguchi landed back on earth.

" final day on #ISS – I got best shot of #Giza#Pyramid#worldheritage Great Pyramid of Giza was caught cleanly today," he wrote while sharing picture.

Meanwhile, photograph has stormed internet racking up nearly 20 thousand likes and a multitude of comments. “It’s like one of those illusions where you can’t tell if y’re 3D or massive holes in ground,” shared a Twitter user. In agreement, an individual wrote, “True.”

Crew-1 Splashdown

SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, ferrying four astronauts back from International Space Station (ISS), me a successful landing on May 2. All four astronauts belonging to SpaceX’s Crew-I Mission splashed down in Gulf of Mexico near Panama City at 2:56 a.m. EDT, a minute ahe of scheduled time. All four main parachutes could be seen deploying just before splashdown, which was also visible in infrared. Seconds later, a recovery ship retrieved capsule from sea, ending ir crew’s 6-month long mission. astronauts are first US crew to make a nighttime splashdown since 1968, during Apollo 8 mission to orbit moon.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission launched November 15, 2020, on a Falcon 9 rocket from agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. astronauts named spacecraft Resilience, in honour of ir families, colleagues, and fellow citizens and highlighting dedication displayed by teams involved with mission and demonstrating that re is no limit to what humans can achieve when y work toger. Crew Dragon Resilience docked to Harmony module’s forward port of space station November 16, nearly 27 hours after liftoff.

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