This NASA Photo Of Dublin From Space Is Pretty Damn Cool

We've all seen Dublin from the ground, and probably from the window of a Ryanair flight, but space? Nah. Luckily, the cool folks at NASA have been taking pics from their space station, and the Dublin from space photo is feckin' amazin'.

Dublin from space:

Sight of Dublin, Ireland from space. Source: NASA (x-post from /r/Space) from ireland

Here's a higher res photo via NASA too! Oh and if you're wondering what those black spots are, this helpful Reddit user has identified them for ye:

We also scoped out this STUNNING NASA photo of Ireland, the UK and Scandinavia from space. Wowowow. Those are the Northern Lights!

Blowing your minds on a Tuesday.

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