{A photograph} shared to X in August 2024 genuinely reveals the Caribbean islands as seen from house.
A photo shared to X on Aug. 25, 2024, claimed to indicate the “Caribbean islands” as seen from house, taken “lately” from the Worldwide Area Station. On the time of this publication, the picture had acquired greater than 96,000 views.
Snopes traced the above picture to 1 that the NASA Johnson Area Middle posted to Flickr in August 2024. As a result of the picture is real and authentically depicts the islands, we’ve rated this declare as “True.”
Astronaut Michael López-Alegría posted that picture in August 2024, writing that it was taken throughout NASA Expedition 71 aboard the Worldwide Area Station (ISS), which started on April 5, 2024, and can finish in September 2024. On the time of this writing, the Expedition 71 crew, which didn’t listing López-Alegría, is exploring neuro-degenerative illnesses and therapies, house botany, space-caused fluid shifts, and algae-based life assist techniques whereas aboard the house station.
Snopes subsequent dug by means of the ISS Flickr account and located that the picture was taken on July 24, 2024, and posted by NASA Johnson Area Middle on Aug. 9, 2024. A caption that accompanied the {photograph} learn:
The clear blue waters surrounding The Bahamas
iss071e449837 (July 24, 2024) — The clear blue waters surrounding The Bahamas within the Atlantic Ocean are pictured from the Worldwide Area Station because it soared 258 miles above.
Subsequent, Snopes examined satellite imagery to find out the place the picture might have been taken. In a side-by-side comparability under, it is evident that the middle island proven within the picture on X, which we rotated clockwise, is an identical form to The Bahamas proven on Google Maps (proper aspect).
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A Google keyword search additionally returned a similar image shared on Fb on April 13, 2020, by the Worldwide Area Station.
Comparable pictures had additionally been shared on-line by NASA, together with one taken on July 6, 2016, that confirmed Florida, The Bahamas, and Cuba.
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The Caribbean refers to a area of nations and islands discovered within the Caribbean Sea, which incorporates The Bahamas, in line with the World Bank. The World Wildlife Fund, a global conservation group, writes on its web site that the Caribbean Sea covers an space of greater than 1 million sq. miles and is residence to giant areas of seagrass pasture and coral reef, which is proven within the space surrounding the Bahamas.
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