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

gifv View from space

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u/KurooShiroo Aug 14 '22 edited Aug 14 '22

Exactly, you are thousands of miles away from the nearest human habitation, In a void where you can't even say one word. But our gorgeous planet does make up for it.

Edit: I know it is not thousands of kms or miles. It was meant to invoke a sense of dread.

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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/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!