ISS Sees Palm Islands Better Than Your Vacation Selfie LOL
Welcome aboard the International Space Station, aka Earth’s ultimate paparazzi hot air balloon sitting 250 miles above us. From here, astronauts snap the Palm Jumeirah like it’s a designer succulent, gaze at the Great Barrier Reef (that big aquatic coral party off Australia spanning 1,430 miles with 400 types of coral—basically the Noah’s Ark of fish), and marvel at the Golden Gate Bridge sporting its ‘international orange’ glow because architect Irving Morrow clearly hated invisibility cloaks. We zoom past Wadi Rum, Jordan’s ‘Valley of the Moon,’ which doubled as Mars in 'The Martian' and Star Wars' cameo extra. Don’t forget the Grand Canyon flexing its 277-mile-long, mile-deep drama like Earth’s coastline showing off in a low-cut gown. Even the massive Kennecott Copper Mine near Salt Lake City is in the photo op, AKA Planet Earth’s shiniest giant hole.
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The ISS is basically the ultimate nosy neighbor who can spot your Palm Island pool parties, Utah’s epic pit of shiny dirt, and a coral microbrewery in Australia—all while you’re stuck trying to find parking downtown.
Turns out the world’s coolest landmarks need zero Instagram filters when you can just orbit 250 miles above and gawk like an intergalactic tourist with a killer zoom lens.
When you gaze at a 9,000-foot bridge from space and realize your commute traffic jams are petty, the Golden Gate bridge basically flexes at you in international orange saying, ‘Keep up, Earthlings.’
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/26/2025 | Author: Melissa Wells
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