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khabardar

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Need a Geographerâ€™s help. Could any one please identify the landmass below the spacecraft?

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the calculation below is not totally correct.
The correct 'math' gives 74km, so the total should have been 592km not 59.2km.
हतारमा टाँसेको, हिसाबमा गल्ति भएछ ।

फेरि पनि,
the top-to-bottom range of view is 592km, not 59.2km.

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This landscape should be Greenland. The piece of land on the right is Iceland.

Youngbloodz's answer could also be correct but I doubt it because:-

1) the top left side of the landscape is steeply falling down from the top center. In South America's case, it is rather going up round Venezuela and Colombia and connecting with Panama with an isthumus.

2) The piece of land on right looks like an island rather than a part of Africa. It roughly looks like Iceland.

Also, Copycat's calculations shows that its a small area, so the water body can't be the Atlantic Ocean between SA and Africa, its a part of the Atlantic between Greenland and Iceland.

So, I am about 90% sure its Greenland!

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Rani Pokhari

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Looks like Australia.

nightcrawler

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it's northern part of south island, new zealand. and southern parth of north island, new zealand. I miss the place where i grew up.

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Yeah! I think nightcrawler is accurate to say it New Zealand.

NOSTRADAMUS

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Some one took the question very seriously .. With all the math , Nasa would be confused where the heck that land is .. LOL ...Nice pic though ...

deadlyweeds

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sathi ho tyo nepal hooo tyati pani thaha chhaina bajjya haru....

incrediblesuperbatma

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eh ani tyo pani chai phewa taal hola haina mitra?

no_quiero

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I believe above picture is not real but two pictures added in one. I can't believe they will be mending space craft so near to the surface of earth. Even when you consider spacecrat as near as a LEO satellite the most nearest is about 400 km. Whoever has done it , i believe he has done a fine piece of Photoshop.

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tyo nepal ho ani muni fewaltal ani tyo seto luga lagayera jhundi rako chai ma ho :P

piranha

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definately photoshop, zoom it and you will see the distorted part where two pics are joined.... the land seen below aint any major continent but a small island somewehre in pacific...definately no in switzerland.

Aris

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The picture shows the island of Hispanola, shared by both Dominican Republic and Haiti. The small island at the top right is Puerto Rico.

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Sorry for the repeaped post. San can you delete two of them?

The space between the two land masses is called the Mona Pass.

khabardar

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I think Nightcrawler is right on the money.. one easy aspect that makes it easier to identify is that the view is north south oriented, whcih is not always the case in pictures taken from space.. they may be upside down, sideways, etc depending on the trajectory of the spacecraft around the globe. Here's some more..

khabardar

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Another one,

khabardar

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OOppppssss...one pic comin' up....

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My vote also goes to nightcrawler for the first pic, northern part of South island and southern part of North island. The curved tip has Christchurch near it and Wellington is on the part visible on North island.