Photo: Twitter / Chris Cassidy
Galapagos Islands are a group of volcanic islands that lie in the Pacific Ocean and are part of Ecuador.
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NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy shared the enchanting photos of the Galapagos Islands on his twitter grip. Astronauts have captured the island’s iconic view of more than 200 miles above our Earth. Galapagos Islands are a group of volcanic islands that lie in the Pacific Ocean and are part of Ecuador.
Along with the images, Cassidy wrote, “Beautiful pass over the Galapagos Islands today!”
Netizens are spelled with the photos. The post has received over 5k likes and tons of comments.
One user responded to the tweet, “Beautiful capture. And the island reminds me of Darwin’s finches.
Beautiful capture. And the island reminds me of Darwin’s finches.
– Radifah Kabir (@RadifahK) August 10, 2020
Another user said: “Great, you can see the detail of the volcano and its crater rising from the ocean”.
Amazingly, you can see the detail of the volcano and its crater rising from the ocean.
– Vanessa Rawson (born Wiltshire) (@journo_ness) August 10, 2020
According to NASA, Cassidy and two Russian cosmonauts, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, went on their mission on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft in April 2020. The photos are clicked by the astronaut, who is currently living aboard International Space Station.
Earlier, astronaut colonel Doug Hurley shared a picture of the earth taken from space and wrote “Our beautiful Blue Marble”.
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