Sun glint off the Euphrates river centered on Ash Shamah, Iraq where specular reflections off the water give it a polis…
From @astro_pettit on Instagram — 187.0K followers · See full profile →
Sun glint off the Euphrates river centered on Ash Shamah, Iraq where specular reflections off the water give it a polished silver sheen. Second photo is Google location map.
More from @astro_pettit
- Cloudy plateaus over the Western Sahara, eroded by the desert into a stark topography observable from orbit.
- In weightlessness, water can take forms that are not possible under normal gravitational conditions. One example being …
- Red atmospheric airglow, excited by solar activity, illuminates the rim of our planet. Viewed from above and below, on …
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launch across Earth's twilight horizon, seen from the ISS near South Africa.
- Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia as seen on ISS Expedition 72. Home to some of the world's largest petrochemical industry, the b…
- Wrong way roots! In weightlessness, roots (fuzzy tendrils near opening) generally head towards moisture but sometimes t…