A U.S. astronaut on the International Space Station has recently launched a new project. Megan McArthur is photographing the West鈥檚 iconic national parks. She grew up visiting places like Yosemite, Grand Canyon and Zion 鈥� and now she鈥檚 shooting them from 250 miles above the surface of Earth.
鈥淭hese are amazing, breathtaking places,鈥� she said during on Friday. 鈥淎lso, [I鈥檓] seeing parks I haven鈥檛 been to before and thinking, 鈥極h wow, that looks amazing. I really want to go there and learn about that environment.'鈥�
McArthur plans to create a portfolio of photos when she returns. Right now she鈥檚 taking shots of parks including Zion and Yellowstone and posting them to Twitter.
What a lovely coincidence! Just today I captured these photos of from , and one of the closeups includes Rae Lakes. I think I鈥檒l have to visit in person one day! 馃彆
— Megan McArthur (@Astro_Megan)
She鈥檚 also taking photos of wildfires in the West.
I am saddened to see these fires in my home state of California. Sending best wishes from for the safety and well-being of everyone impacted.
— Megan McArthur (@Astro_Megan)
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