Cape Town as seen from the International Space Station (ISS)

Cape Town as seen from the International Space Station (ISS). Image: ISS ABOVE/YouTube

WATCH: International Space Station shares mesmerising footage of Cape Town

This is what Cape Town looks like on a simple Monday afternoon from the International Space Station (ISS).

Cape Town as seen from the International Space Station (ISS)

Cape Town as seen from the International Space Station (ISS). Image: ISS ABOVE/YouTube

The International Space Station (ISS) recently shared a video of Cape Town…and it is amazing!

Cape Town as seen from the International Space Station

According to a Twitter post from ISS-Above, the space station captured the footage from 428 km above at 15:00 on Monday, 17 January 2021.

Twitter users were quick to notice how the “near and far objects are both in sharp focus”.

Liam Kennedy, the Inventor of the ISS-Above (the little gadget that lights up whenever the International Space Station is around) said that the lens has an aperture/focus setting with a wide depth of field.

“Not distance really – the focus is just from infinity (ground) to a few meters below the camera.”

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Viral footage of Tonga Volcano Plume As Seen From ISS

Earlier in January 2022, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured images of the aftermath of the underwater volcanic eruption that rocked the Pacific nation of Tonga.

Tonga was severely impacted by the underwater volcano that erupted Saturday, 15 January 2022.

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The massive explosion generated shock waves, sonic booms and even tsunami waves that were even experienced in various parts of the world, NASA Earth Observatory said.

After the ordeal, astronauts aboard the ISS caught a unique glimpse of the aftermath of the eruption.

“The sheer power of the eruption was quickly apparent in satellite imagery,” NASA Earth Observatory said. “A vast plume of material created what volcanologists call an umbrella cloud with crescent-shaped bow shock waves and a vast number of lightning strikes.”

You can see the eruption of the undersea volcano in the Twitter post down below:

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