Astronaut Tweets Good Night with Photo of Athens from Space

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Gregory Pappas

March 26, 2016

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Astronaut Tweets Good Night with Photo of Athens from Space

Astronaut Timothy Kopra tweeted a beautiful image of the city of Athens from space yesterday, March 25, 2016.

#GoodNight #Athens from @Space_Station. #Greece #CitiesFromSpace pic.twitter.com/Iv31SDkJWL

— Tim Kopra (@astro_tim) March 25, 2016

The colonel in the United States Army and current commander of the International Space Station tweeted “good night” from thousands of miles above.

Check out Kopra’s photo and 24 other cool images of Greece from space:

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