Photo of the Day: The Great Lakes from the International Space Station

By Alaina Nutile

Dec 13, 2014 at 8:33 am

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Photo of the Day: The Great Lakes from the International Space Station

Image Credit: NASA/Barry Wilmore/Twitter

Earlier this week, Commander Barry Wilmore of Expedition 42 took this stunning photo of the Great Lakes (well, most of them anyway) and the central United States from aboard the International Space Station.

NASA Astronauts tweeted out the photo on Sunday.

“Great lakes & central U.S.” #AstroButch pic.twitter.com/TvEdT6wTZW
— NASA Astronauts (@NASA_Astronauts) December 8, 2014

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Alaina Nutile

Alaina Nutile is a Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Detroit Metro Times and Cleveland Scene Magazine. Previously, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College where she double majored in...