Friday, July 25, 2014

rockets and explosions over Gaza and Israel seen from space


Except that it's not 4th of July stuff, rather rockets intended to wreak destruction, a pic sent via twitter by Alexander Gerst, a German flight engineer, geophysicist and volcanologist, aboard the International Space Station as the ISS was on a flyby over the area.  His message is below.

  Jul 23
My saddest photo yet. From we can actually see explosions and rockets flying over &

Update
 

According to this analysis, the photo simply shows normal night lights of Isreali cities plus Amman, Jordan. 

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