# @thom_astro on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DDAnHw4sgvD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35581472-thom-astro-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e9d4432aaf.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-11-30T20:50:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Thomas Pesquet (@thom_astro) — https://gondola.cc/thom_astro

## Caption

La carte postale de la semaine nous emmène à la Barbade 🇧🇧, comme un minuscule grain de beauté aux frontières de l’Océan Atlantique 🌊. Le contraste entre les eaux turquoises 💎 des Caraïbes et les zones plus sombres au large, amplifié par les nuages de passage ☁️, donne à notre Terre un air d’aquarelle naturelle 🎨. Bon weekend à vous ! 🌞🌴
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🌍 Happy Independence Day, Barbados! 🇧🇧From space, the beautiful island of Barbados is a tiny gem in the Ocean. Its name comes from the Portuguese word « barbados »? Early explorers were inspired by the island’s fig trees, whose aerial roots resemble long, hanging beards. 🌳🧔The more you know! Here however, I am reminded more of a long flowing mane of water…
Credits: ESA/NASA—T. Pesquet

#Barbados #Barbade #Terre #Earth #MissionAlpha #AlphaArchives

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barbados, missionalpha, earth, barbade, alphaarchives, terre

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