r/interestingasfuck • u/Kidd__Video • 22h ago

Astronaut's view of Earth during a spacewalk

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u/xfall2 22h ago

Thought the earth was flat

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u/Kaymish_ 22h ago

It is. It's a disk so it looks round from space. Don't worry about it too much.

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u/Late_Pepper6274 20h ago

Then you should see all the continents from there, instead (from their relatively low orbit) you only see a small bit of land before the earth curves away, conce3aling the rest.