We’ve seen so many shocking and startling images of 9/11 from the perspective of people on the ground but what did that terrible day look like from space? [via internetpopculture]
As you will see from the following photos the chaos taking place in lower Manhattan was very visible from more than 250 miles above Earth inside the International Space Station.
View of the World Trade Center days later from the North.
" height="450" width="600">One of a series of pictures taken of metropolitan New York City (and other parts of New York as well as New Jersey) by one of the Expedition Three crew members onboard the International Space Station (ISS) at various times during the day of September 11, 2001. The image shows a smoke plume rising from the Manhattan area. The orbital outpost was flying at an altitude of approximately 250 miles. The image was recorded with a digital still camera. (via globalsecurity.org)
This still image, taken from video sent from the International Space Station on Tuesday, shows a smoke plume rising from the Manhattan area of New York City. (via globalsecurity.org)
The smoke plume extending into Jersey City, New Jersey.
View of New York City on 9/11/01 from the International Space Station
Shifting winds move the smoke plume into Brooklyn and Long Island.
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