I’ve been zooming into this picture for at least 15 minutes and I keep finding new details.

New York City and Lower Hudson River Valley, New York, U.S.A.

View from Space Shuttle Columbia, mission STS-58, October 1993

(Linked directly from Wikimedia Commons.)

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I was likely in this circle when that picture was taken. Probably waving if you zoom in

I know that circle well.

ENHANCE!

Why did you drop this existential angsty song on me on a Sunday morning?

Because it’s so good.

It really is. Sometimes you have to feel shit.

R.I.P. Adam Schlesinger. That one hit me hard.

Very, RIP indeed.

Had to use a URL shortener to link to the Wikimedia source because it was breaking in most clients. 🫠

https://tinyurl.com/46v3jsw6

I wonder what the brown spot is on Long Island, I think it might be the industrial area off 110 but if anyone else has any better ideas, I’d be interested in hearing

It’s the Old Bethpage landfill. I had to check that one myself.

I'm in that photo.