Bahamas The Beautiful
Internet posts from space appear to back up Bahamian officials’ claims to having the most beautiful waters on Earth.
NASA Astronaut Ron Garan, currently on a six-month space mission with Russians Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev, has kept his Twitter site filled with pictures of Earth from space. On several occasions, the subject of his photos has been The Islands of The Bahamas.
“The beautiful waters of The Bahamas” labels one of his photos, which shows blue hues off the coast of Andros. Long Island, Cat Island, and Eleuthera were also identified in his photos. Garan, known as @Astro_Ron on Twitter, has had his photos re-tweeted (re-posted) by several of his followers. His followers’ comments on the photographs describe The Bahamas as a “fantasy world,” “masterpiece,”“earth paradise,” and “amazing.”
Garan’s posts are similar to those of other astronauts who felt compelled to share the beauty of The Bahamas as they looked at it from space. In 2010, NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock shared a photo of The Bahamas from space.
“Of all the places on our glorious planet, few rival the brilliant colors of The Bahamas,” Wheelock said in his Twitter post.
Several other astronauts have commented on the beauty of The Bahamas from space. They include Story Musgrave, one of NASA’s most experienced astronauts having a 30-year career that spans from the Apollo era in the 1960’s to the Space Shuttle Program in the 1990’s. Musgrave, a six-time space shuttle astronaut, has written many poems throughout his career. His poem, “Oh Bahamas,” describes the country’s pristine waters.
The Islands of The Bahamas consist of more than 100,000 square miles of the world’s clearest waters, often referred to by the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism as a 100,000-square-mile spa.
