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24th July 2014
02:49pm BST

My saddest photo yet. From #ISS we can actually see explosions and rockets flying over #Gaza & #Israel pic.twitter.com/jNGWxHilSy
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) July 23, 2014
In the photo you can clearly see the clusters and bundles of light which represent the cities, but inside some of the clusters are patches of intensely bright light. These are reported to be explosions detonating in the in the urban areas.
The image has been retweeted over 21,000 times and many Twitter users have expressed their outrage and shock at the image.
We have seen Chris Hadfield tweet some wonderful pictures of earth in the past but we can’t help but be disturbed by these latest images from the German flight engineer.
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