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Incredible POV footage from NASA spacewalk leaves everyone experiencing the 'overview effect'

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Published 11:44 19 Nov 2024 GMT

Incredible POV footage from NASA spacewalk leaves everyone experiencing the 'overview effect'

There are few better views than this one from the ISS

Harry Boulton

Harry Boulton

If there's one thing everyone can agree on it's that space is incredible to look at, and this particular view from the International Space Station has given everyone the same reaction, leaving them feeling just a fraction of the famous 'overview effect'.

Jaw-dropping footage has been released of an astronaut's view of Hurricane Milton from space, and while we can still see some fantastic things in space from the comfort of Earth, it struggles to compare to even the average spacewalk experience.

Astronauts have plenty to marvel at while they're floating around in outer space, but sometimes the best view simply involves looking down and back at home.

A video posted on X (formerly Twitter) by @AMAZINGNATURE shows a first-person point-of-view (POV) video of an astronaut's spacewalk on the International Space Station.

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In this, we can see them gazing down at Earth, and things really do look quite small from all the way up there, don't they?

It's always amazing looking out of the window when you're on a flight to see the clouds from above, but it's really nothing compared to the thrill this must be to see the Earth in its entirety from so far away.

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The International Space Station is 'only' around 408km above the Earth's sea level, and the NASA craft travels at a max speed of 28,000 km/h in orbit.

We can see this speed in action in the video, as the view of the earth quickly rotates from being mostly ocean to a huge continent. It's hard to tell exactly which countries we're looking at, but it really is stunning to see from all the way up there.

Earth looks quite small from up here (X/@AMAZINGNATURE)
Earth looks quite small from up here (X/@AMAZINGNATURE)

The reaction to this video is very much that of shared amazement, with many users on social media lamenting over the 'incredible' and 'beautiful' view. Leaving people with a slice of the 'overview effect' experienced by many astronauts when they view Earth from space for the first time. Astronaut Ron Garan famously described this as the 'big lie'.

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"If I were a kid, I'd be set on training to be an astronaut now," one user remarks, adding that it's currently "such an exciting time for space."

Many have also hypothesized the perhaps extreme scenario of this being an excellent bungee jump location. While the ISS is quite a bit further than the previous skydiving record - set at just 41.422km in comparison - it would certainly not be an activity for anyone afraid of heights.

Who knows what the future holds though, as simulations have theorized space elevators with similarly stunning views, and Elon Musk has proposed ultra-fast commercial flights that will journey passengers into space in the process.

I'm sure there would be quite the queue for the view though, as it'd be something you wouldn't want to miss out on.

Featured Image Credit: @‌AMAZlNGNATURE/NASA/X
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