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Crewleader

(17,005 posts) Fri Oct 18, 2013, 04:04 AM Oct 2013

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NASA Shutdown Unleashes Beautiful Astronaut Photos on Twitter

Despite the two-week old government shutdown and NASA’s official online presence going completely dark, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have still been tweeting away and sharing some pretty spectacular snapshots

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/16/nasa-shutdown-unleashes-beautiful-astronaut-photos-on-twitter/?source=hp_dl1_news-nasa_twitter-photos_20131018

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NASA Shutdown Unleashes Beautiful Astronaut Photos on Twitter (Original Post) Crewleader Oct 2013 OP

Kicked & Recommended In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #1

Breathtaking. Aristus Oct 2013 #2

That is nice of them to take time to share the pictures davidpdx Oct 2013 #3

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

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Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:44 AM

Oct 2013

It's beautiful!

Aristus

(72,188 posts)

2. Breathtaking.

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:35 AM

Oct 2013

We live on a beautiful planet...

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)

3. That is nice of them to take time to share the pictures

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 11:48 PM

Oct 2013

It also reminds us just how fragile our planet is.

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