Astronaut shares pics of Dead Sea from space

Samantha Cristoforetti, an Italian astronaut, recently posted photographs that she took of the Dead Sea when she was stationed in space.

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She said that I...was attracted by the straight lines that were located near the southernmost tip of the Dead Sea.

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In addition to that, she showed photographs of Tel Aviv and Haifa in Israel taken at night.

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Several twitter users liked the post and commented on Samantha Cristoforetti's tweet

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Check the tweet shared by Samantha Cristoforetti

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