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An ESA astronaut showed off photos of the two largest waterfalls in the world

  • August 11, 2022
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European Space Agency’s (ESA) Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took photos of Victoria and Niagara, the world’s two largest waterfalls, from space. As reported by Ukrinform, this excitement. “The

An ESA astronaut showed off photos of the two largest waterfalls in the world
European Space Agency’s (ESA) Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took photos of Victoria and Niagara, the world’s two largest waterfalls, from space.

As reported by Ukrinform, this excitement.

“The two largest waterfalls in the world are wonderful places visible even from space. Do you see them, Niagara Falls. Victoria Falls,” Cristoforetti wrote.

Niagara Falls is a complex of waterfalls on the Niagara River that separates the US state of New York from the Canadian state of Ontario. Niagara Falls has a maximum height of 57 m and a maximum width of 790 m.

Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in South Africa. It is located on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. The average width of the waterfall is about 1707 meters, its maximum can reach 1950 meters, and its height is 108 meters.

As reported by Ukrinform, US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut Shane Kimbros photographed Italy’s capital city Rome and the Vatican from the International Space Station (ISS) in the evening.

Photo: Twitter by Samantha Cristoforetti

Source: Ukrinform

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