Oakdale from space
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International Space Station astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti came through for us in a big way today, snapping a photograph of the Twin Cities, while tweeting a shout out to its suburbs -- well, one suburb anyway.
Cristoforetti, described by ABC News as "everyone's favorite Star Trek loving, espresso-sipping Italian astronaut," returns to Earth on Thursday.
Here's the annotated version of her photo (click image for larger version).
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By the way, that's a fine depiction of how Lake Elmo has been able to hold suburban sprawl at bay. By this time next year -- if a similar photo is taken from space -- a substantial part of those brown areas will be housing.
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