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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In 1518, Tenochtitlán (now Mexico City) was one of the largest cities in the world. Today, very few traces remain of that Mexica city, but the Portrait of Tenochtitlán project created a fantastic 3D reconstruction using historical and archaeological sources: tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl/index.html

3D recronstruction of Mexico-Tenochtitlan in 1518, for the Portrait of Tenochtitlan project. Render by Thomas Kole.

Aerial view of Tenochtitlan and its twin city, Tlatelolco. 3D render from the Portrait of Tenochtitlan project. Render by Thomas Kole.

The Sacred Precinct, with the Templo Mayor. 3D render from the Portrait of Tenochtitlan project. Render by Thomas Kole.

Rain coming from Lake Texcoco is reaching the two cities. 3D render from the Portrait of Tenochtitlan project. Render by Thomas Kole.

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yape - Darién Gap - Panama 🌎 : maps.app.goo.gl/48nMVupuaRJj... 4K link : i.imgur.com/VVb9t2U.jpeg More about the Darién Gap on Wikipedia : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari%C3...

A satellite picture of a dense rainforest landscape, a brownish river is meandering through it from the top left to bottom right. A small village is place on the side of the river.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

'The great green sweep' - my last big aerial embroidery (except the moorland one) until ~February as I'll be focussing booked on commissions until January. I'll still be doing small projects 😊 You can read the full details of this landscape on my site: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/work/green-m...

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. It depicts green meadows, crop fields, tilled earth and groups of trees.

A close-up of an aerial view embroidered landscape. It shows sheep in a rough meadow.

Pools in a flooded field and a farmer tilling a meadow for crops - a cloud of gulls following!

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yape - Darién Gap - Panama 🌎 : maps.app.goo.gl/48nMVupuaRJj... 4K link : i.imgur.com/VVb9t2U.jpeg More about the Darién Gap on Wikipedia : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari%C3...

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Urban sprawl around Dallas and Fort Worth - Texas - USA 🌎1. maps.app.goo.gl/VE8pt3uGREEP... 🌎2. maps.app.goo.gl/7mA59jVC9JF9... 🌎3. maps.app.goo.gl/9G5eQyKXtbGZ... 🌎4. maps.app.goo.gl/i3AhnZiFFe9m... 4K links : imgur.com/a/MdSMoOs

A satellite picture of neat rows of identical houses with black rooves aligned in identical streets.

A satellite picture of neat rows of identical houses with black rooves but some streets are straight and other are curved.

A satellite picture of very similar houses all aligned in nearly identical streets with a few curves here and there.

A satellite picture of lots of similar houses aligned on streets following an artificially organic pattern to spread their similarities.

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ESA Earth Observation @esaearth.esa.int · 02/10/2026

Typhoon Surigae over the Philippine Sea 🌀 On 28 September, Copernicus Sentinel-1 captured this false-colour, polarised radar image of the sea beneath the storm. Calmer seas at its eye appear dark blue, while orange and yellow show rough conditions and strong winds. www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Satellite radar image of a large hurricane seen from above, with a dark, circular eye at its center and swirling bands of gold and blue spiraling outward across the ocean surface.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

The before and after it's even more haunting.

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Sleeping Giants FR @slpng-giants-fr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#Gaza 2026 Màj des images satellites sur Google Maps

Image satellite de 2026 (pris au hasard) de Gaza. Tous les bâtiments sont détruits.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

'You'll choke too' - I wanted to reshare my wildfire aerial embroidery now summer is finally over as it really meant a lot to me. Autumn is here but as the fruit ripened much earlier than normal, I worry the little birds and animals won't have enough for the winter...

An embroidery hoop containing an embroidered aerial view landscape. The landscape depicts a burning wildfire, with dry forest on the right and smoke on the left, with a line of bright flames down the centre.

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Orly Airport - Paris - France 🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/tyyy4B9kGFe8... 4K link : i.imgur.com/J155rik.jpeg

A satellite picture of the internal transit section of an airport showing lots of interweaving roads, roundabouts and parking spaces.

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Cité des Étoiles by architect Jean Renaudie - Givors - France 🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/uspZSGnkVsef... 4K link : i.imgur.com/1XKHWvW.jpeg More on Wikipedia (Fr) : fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cit%C3%...

A satellite picture of a small town near the south of France with typical orange tiled rooves. In the middle of the picture is a very densely packed grouping of star-shaped irregularly placed buildings. It is place upon the side of a green hill on top of which we can see ruins of a castle.

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Dakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The incredible full day, high resolution view of Hurricane Polo today.

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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy fall (or spring, depending)!

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There's a nice video about this place here (with english subtitles)

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Cité des Étoiles by architect Jean Renaudie - Givors - France 🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/uspZSGnkVsef... 4K link : i.imgur.com/1XKHWvW.jpeg More on Wikipedia (Fr) : fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cit%C3%...

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Murmansk Oblast - Russia 🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/1wq1kKQzfLta... 4K link : i.imgur.com/xyW8xqb.jpeg

A satellite picture of a river tightly meandering through a deep green forest. On the left side of the picture, a swampy area with colors ranging from yellow to orange-brown. A few clouds are visible on the picture.

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HydrologyNL @hydrology.nl · 20/09/2026

Very nice!

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HiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

HiPOD: Deposits along the Northern Wall of Melas Chasma Some of the wall rock deposits are also made up of sulfates, but others contain clays or mixtures of several kinds of hydrated materials. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_045960_1705 NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona #Mars #science #NASA

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Murmansk Oblast - Russia 🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/1wq1kKQzfLta... 4K link : i.imgur.com/xyW8xqb.jpeg

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Eric Lagadec @ericlagadec.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Cette image, par la sonde Galileo, vous présente Io, une des ~80 lunes de Jupiter. C'est un monde couvert de centaines de volcans. Certains éjectent de la lave à des dizaines de kilomètres d'altitude. Aucun autre monde du système solaire n'est si actif volcaniquement.

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Cité de l'espace @citedelespace.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Août 2026 est le mois le plus chaud jamais enregistré. Les températures plus élevées que la moyenne ont par exemple touché l’Europe, mais aussi l’ensemble des océans. Un constat du Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) européen. Nos explications👇 f.mtr.cool/kq0wofhszk

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

China 🌏 : maps.app.goo.gl/ABQt6feZya73... 4K link : i.imgur.com/HYxUt98.jpeg

A satellite picture of a road going diagonally from top to bottom of the picture. It is surrounded by fields forming a kind of herringbone pattern around the diagonal. Some small villages are placed around the road.

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HiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

HiPOD: Thickly Frosted Polar Gullies Carbon dioxide frost from the past winter still thickly blankets this terrain imaged in early Martian spring. Dark blob-like surface markings show the initial hints at the coming defrosting. More: uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_091519_1090 #Mars #science #NASA

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

China 🌏 : maps.app.goo.gl/ABQt6feZya73... 4K link : i.imgur.com/HYxUt98.jpeg

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

North Korea 🌏 : maps.app.goo.gl/zJXxAQ16Cgyy... 4K link : i.imgur.com/ZO14DL6.jpeg

A satellite picture of some type of aquaculture ponds forming a tight grid pattern in blue tones.

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Some shots of the Moon over the Earth's horizon from the International Space Station between August 30th and 31st. flic.kr/p/2syx4Rh flic.kr/p/2syz3FS flic.kr/p/2syHpCX flic.kr/p/2syDcv7

The Moon over the Earth's upper atmosphere.

NASA/ISS/JSC/ESRS/University of Texas at El Paso/Kevin M. Gill

$The Moon over the Earth's upper atmosphere. The Moon is warping due to atmospheric refraction. NASA/ISS/JSC/ESRS/University of Texas at El Paso/Kevin M. Gill$ $The Moon over the Earth's upper atmosphere. The Moon is strongly warped due to atmospheric refraction. NASA/ISS/JSC/ESRS/University of Texas at El Paso/Kevin M. Gill$

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

North Korea 🌏 : maps.app.goo.gl/zJXxAQ16Cgyy... 4K link : i.imgur.com/ZO14DL6.jpeg

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Salt marshes on the shore of hypersaline lake Afrera - Ethiopia 🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/qcaKrtv5SuDs... 4K link : i.imgur.com/luvIjK0.jpeg

A satellite picture showing on the right, a bright green hypersaline lake and on the left, some small irregular salt marshes and some grey and black irregular textures from old lava fields.

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ESA Space Transport @transport.esa.int · 24/08/2026

Happy launch week! 🚀 We've updated our Ariane 6 blueprint with a few more details, showcasing its modular structure, which allows it to take all types of passengers for a variety of orbits! Did you know flight VA270 will be the first Ariane 6 launch to Geostationary transfer orbit?

Ariane 6: Europe's new rocket blueprint. It shows the details and dimensions of the rocket, as well as all the possible combinations, from long to short fairing, different types of payload configurations and the option of 2 or 4 boosters.

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HiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

HiPOD: Gullies at the Start of Martian Spring In this image, we can see dark spots where gas is breaking out from under the frost and taking sand and dust with it. HiRISE will try to take more images this year to see how the surface changes,. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_090596_1115 #Mars #NASA

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Salt marshes on the shore of hypersaline lake Afrera - Ethiopia 🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/qcaKrtv5SuDs... 4K link : i.imgur.com/luvIjK0.jpeg

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Debra's Astrophotography @debraceravolo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

When in the southern hemisphere at certain times of the year, we can see the whole shape of the Milky Way galaxy across the entire sky. The bright central core where the stars are most concentrated is right overhead. From Namibia, Africa using an 8mm fish eye lens. #astrophotography #astronomy

The bright core of the Milky Way galaxy is right overhead from horizon to horizon. Taken in Namibia Africa using a Canon camera and 8mm fish eye lens. A single 20 second exposure.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Sahara Desert From the Space Station's EarthKAM - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - flic.kr/p/PWoTKz

Middle school students programmed a camera aboard the International Space Station -- the Sally Ride EarthKAM -- to photograph this portion of the Sahara desert in western Libya on October 3, 2016. In early November 2016, the Expedition 50 crew set up the EarthKAM gear once again in the Harmony module’s Earth-facing hatch window, to allow students to photograph targets on Earth and downlink the imagery.

EarthKAM is the only program providing students with such direct control of an instrument on a spacecraft orbiting Earth, teaching them about environmental science, geography and space communications. The project was initiated by Dr. Sally Ride, America’s first woman in space, in 1995 and called KidSat; the camera flew on five space shuttle flights before moving to the space station on Expedition 1 in 2001.

For more information about the Sally Ride EarthKAM, click here.

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Elizabeth Tasker @elizabethtasker.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ROCK N' ROLL ROCKET QUEENS! 🚀 The launch of the JAXA Martian Moons eXploration (#MMX) mission 🛰️ to Phobos has been scheduled for October 20, 2026 (MARS DAY ...also known as Tuesday) at 04:41:03 JST. JAXA may announce launches late but with serious precision 🤔. 🔭🧪: global.jaxa.jp/press/2026/0...

The launch poster for the MMX mission. The poster is white with a large orange circle. An image of the MMX spacecraft is in the bottom right corner. Along the right-hand side, running vertically, the text reads "26.10.20 LIFT OFF".

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hubble Servicing Missi#2575 - From Goddard Space Flight Center - flic.kr/p/2c2HUVV

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of NASA's first space servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, we are sharing this gallery of images from all five of the Hubble servicing missions.

Astronauts serviced Hubble for the first time in December 1993. Including that trip, there have been five astronaut servicing missions to Hubble between 1993 and 2009.

How did astronauts repair and service the Hubble Space Telescope more than 300 miles above the surface of the Earth? Watch Hubble astronauts as they discuss servicing from the innovative Robotics Operations Center: bit.ly/2EiiNTP

STS103-713-048 (19-27 December 1999) --- Astronauts Steven L. Smith, and John M. Grunsfeld, appear as small figures in this wide scene photographed during extravehicular activity (EVA). On this space walk they are replacing gyroscopes, contained in rate sensor units (RSU), inside the Hubble Space Telescope. A wide expanse of waters, partially covered by clouds, provides the backdrop for the photograph.

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Popocatepetl volcano - Mexico 🌎 : maps.app.goo.gl/Doxnt33KBknW... 4K link : imgur.com/a/ZdB1RqT

A satellite picture of a volcano crater emitting a small plume of smoke. The sides of this crater are barren and show tones of brown, and reddish grey.

A satellite picture of th bottom of the volcano's slope, showing vegetation that is climbing the crevices

A satellite picture of a zoomed-in zone of the crater, a rocky barren solidified lava field, with it's flow that is frozen and solidified.

A satellite picture of a zoomed-in zone of the crater, a rocky barren solidified lava field, with it's flow that is frozen and solidified, with a light coating of smoke over it.

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🇳 🇺 🇺 🇽 🇮 🇪 @nuuxie.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026

Ajout navrant au blokédex du jour avec @memoire2cite.bsky.social qui bien qu'ayant parfois du contenu sympa fait de la colorisation par IA (qui déforme les textes en plus) et quand on lui fait remarquer essaie de lancer du harcèlement en citant le post en question, avec injures en prime. Ça dégage.

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Mémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

USSR Monument aux conquérants de l'espace, Dzhezkazgan, RSS du Kazakhstan, 1977. Artiste L. Pak, architecte K. Turlybaev, sculpteur N. Andreev

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Popocatepetl volcano - Mexico 🌎 : maps.app.goo.gl/Doxnt33KBknW... 4K link : imgur.com/a/ZdB1RqT

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The draught in France is visible from space. Here are three cloud-free views of France in the last three Augusts. Source: eu-space.europa.eu/components/e...

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Industrial toxic mud from the Muruntau Gold Mine - Uzbekistan 🌏 : maps.app.goo.gl/V1Ge9ZhNdFp5... 4K link : i.imgur.com/gUCFdh7.jpeg

A satellite view of some abstract textures caused by deposits and resembling marble patterns in grey, white, blue and a touch of red.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 07/08/2026

A new JWST image just dropped and it is gorgeous

A vast cloud of dust and gas, mainly orange, pops in this image in which hazier, fainter gas paints reds and greens in the background.

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Industrial toxic mud from the Muruntau Gold Mine - Uzbekistan 🌏 : maps.app.goo.gl/V1Ge9ZhNdFp5... 4K link : i.imgur.com/gUCFdh7.jpeg

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Joe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Land art created by the public land survey grid in conflict with topography and soil conservation. Along County X southeast of Disco, Wisconsin, in the northern Driftless Area. Sentinel 2 image from this spring.

A satellite image showing an area in which ridgetops and valleys are covered with agricultural fields interfingering with forest covered valleys. The grid of the Public Land Survey System is visible from field patterns on wider ridgetops but obscure elsewhere. Many fields and pastures have irregular shapes because they are on narrow ridgetops. There are also many examples of contour strips and grassed waterways in fields, both designed to reduce runoff and erosion.

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Cité de l'espace @citedelespace.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

🛰️ Au large du Groenland, le satellite européen Sentinel-2 révèle une mosaïque fascinante de glace et d’océan. Les courants, les vents et les tourbillons façonnent la banquise dérivante en spirales et filaments. 📷 UE / Copernicus / Sentinel

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Low Orbit Tourist 🌍📷 @loworbittourist.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Un petit air d'états Unis d'Amérique finalement

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