NASA astronaut Terry W. Virts is someone that you really need to be following on Twitter and across the length and breadth of social media. Because, if you’re not, then you’re missing out on a completely unique view of the world.
Virts is currently on board the International Space Station, and on Sunday, May 10th, 2015, he passed over India and saw the truly spectacular sight of a lightning storm exploding over parts of India and Indonesia. Luckily, for the rest of us, he captured what he saw and then decided to share it with the entire world.
Thunderstorms near Indonesia. #SpaceVine https://t.co/RkMqC1drwc
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) May 10, 2015
He wasn’t done there though, because Virts then showed off an image of Super Typhoon Noul approaching the Philippines too.
Sulu Sea fishing boats, and Super Typhoon #Noul as it approaches the Philippines. #SpaceVine https://t.co/5dkGIXGgoS
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) May 10, 2015
Virts has been employed as a NASA astronaut since August 2000, which is when he originally registered for training following an impressive military career.
On November 23, 2014, he set off into space from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, and then docked onto the International Space Station around six hours later.
Since then he has peppered his Twitter feed with scintillating and beautiful images, the most famous of which came on February 28, 2015, when he posted this moving tribute to Leonard Nimoy as the ISS flew over Nimoy’s place of birth, Boston.
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) February 28, 2015
But Virts’ feed has been packed with a plethora of other vines, pictures and videos depicting his time above the clouds. And each prove to be just as overwhelmingly poetic and beautiful as the last.
Moonlit clouds over southeast #India coastline, with Chennai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad. pic.twitter.com/z9wSvs7YXg
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) May 7, 2015
Day flight over #India , with the Ganges drifting by on the left. #spacevine https://t.co/aA3JNuORQb
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) May 8, 2015
Bright city lights from Chennai #India . pic.twitter.com/QNs71BhndM
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) May 6, 2015
Happy Easter! pic.twitter.com/6wmoAQjoJc
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) April 5, 2015
Words can’t describe pic.twitter.com/oHC5jDY8jI
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) November 25, 2014
Earth pic.twitter.com/DUmAp1tFB3
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) April 2, 2015
The eye of #Maysak typhoon really stands out early in the morning with the shadow being cast deep into the vortex pic.twitter.com/SodkijMt7O
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) April 1, 2015
[Image via Twitter]
