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French astronaut Thomas Pesquet who is a crew member at the International Space Station shared a photo of Ukraine and the Black Sea shores as seen from the space station on Jan. 22.

By doing so, Pesquet marked Ukraine’s Unity Day, a day that celebrates an agreement which united Ukrainian People’s Republic and Western Ukrainian People’s Republic into one country in 1919.

The astronaut added a Flickr link to his photo in high resolution.

 


Pesquet, 38, has been aboard the International Space Station since Nov. 19, 2016. He is a part of Expedition 50 and Expedition 51.