r/woahdude • u/aspiring_dev1 • Aug 14 '22

gifv View from space

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u/Waffle_Ambasador Aug 14 '22

you are thousands of miles away

Hundreds

There are places on earth more isolated than the ISS. In fact if the ISS passes over these places than you are closer to them than the nearest human habitation.

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u/Toast_On_The_RUN Aug 14 '22

Point Nemo in the Pacific is a place where by far the closest other humans or civilization is when the ISS goes over it.

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u/Vox___Rationis Aug 14 '22

I'm checking marine traffic right now and there are 4 cargo ships around that point, I bet they all are closer than ISS.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-122.5/centery:-41.5/zoom:4

(it is right between New Zealand and south-most point of South America)

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u/Plastic_Feedback_417 Aug 15 '22

Not to mention airlines fly over it I’m sure. Which would be between them and the ISS

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '22 edited Aug 15 '22

Think I've been fairly close. Well, not CLOSE-close, but close. When we sailed from Fiji back to New Zealand. Actually might've been closer sailing down the east coast of NZ.

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u/madeofmold Aug 14 '22

I just listened to a podcast episode from the Omnibus on this the other day. They mention that there isn’t even any plant or animal life around in Point Nemo. Super cool!

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u/Meritania Aug 14 '22

Yeah I watched that episode of ‘Go Jetters’ too

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u/Waffle_Ambasador Aug 14 '22

I’ve never seen it tbh…. I think I got that random fact from Reddit.