Need a picture of (most of) Texas from space? Astronaut Scott Kelly has got you covered.
Kelly tweeted out this image on Friday from the International Space Station:
Unfortunately, the image — astonishing as it is — gives short shrift to San Antonio. You can’t see all of it, just a tiny little speck of light at the bottom.
It’s a little difficult to make out exactly what’s what in the image, so we took our best stab at putting some labels on it for you:
I’m not proud to admit that this map caused a considerable degree of debate in the Current newsroom, and our final analysis is that this could really be anywhere in the world. It’s probably a portion of Texas, but if you have compelling evidence to the contrary, I’m ready to be convinced.
Kelly will spend several more months aboard the ISS, so hopefully we’ll get a full shot of South Texas between now and then.
Kelly’s current assignment in space is a year-long research project on the health effects of long-term space flight. He will return to Earth in the Spring of 2016, when scientists will compare him to his earthbound twin brother Mark Kelly.
This article appears in The San Antonio Missons.