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Astronaut tweets pictures of Dubai from space

British ESA astronaut and test pilot Tim Peake had been trying to get a picture of Dubai’s Palm for some time

British ESA astronaut and test pilot Tim Peake’s Twitter location is a bit different to other people’s. It’s currently set to “Low Earth Orbit” as he works onboard the International Space Station for six months.

While he’s up there, he’s been capturing some incredible photos and videos, which have amassed him an impressive following of 526,000 followers on Twitter.

Yesterday, he gained a few more from Dubai, posting two pictures of the city from the Space Station.

In his first tweet, he posted the picture below with a caption: “I’ve been waiting to get a pic of The Palms, Dubai & then this happened just prior to capture 🙂 #LuckyDay”

In the second tweet, he posted the image above with th caption: “Minus the #Dragon photobomb this time…”, referring to the Space X Dragon spacecraft.

 

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