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First Vine from space

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June 9, 2014

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman has uploaded the first-ever Vine from space. The video condenses the ISS’s 92-minute lap around the Earth into six seconds. The Space Station’s orbit is in alignment with the terminator line – the line between darkness and daytime on Earth. From this vantage point, the sun never sets.

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Eleanor Imster has helped write and edit EarthSky since 1995. She was an integral part of the award-winning EarthSky radio series almost since it began until it ended in 2013. She and her husband live in Tennessee, where they enjoy guitar playing and singing. They have 2 grown sons.