"<i>Tá Éire fíorálainn! Land of green hills and dark beer. With capital Dublin glowing in the Irish night.</i>" — The original photograph caption by astronaut <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hadfield" class="extiw" title="w:Chris Hadfield">Chris Hadfield</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" class="extiw" title="w:International Space Station">International Space Station</a> included the <span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/303602636899352576">first message from space in the Irish language</a></span>.
<br><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Dublin" class="extiw" title="w:County Dublin">County Dublin</a> observed from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" class="extiw" title="w:International Space Station">International Space Station</a> in February 2013. The view was shot by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_34" class="extiw" title="w:Expedition 34">Expedition 34</a> crew member, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hadfield" class="extiw" title="w:Chris Hadfield">Chris Hadfield</a>, and extends from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balbriggan" class="extiw" title="w:Balbriggan">Balbriggan</a> in the north (top left of picture), past <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin" class="extiw" title="w:Dublin">Dublin City</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Bay" class="extiw" title="w:Dublin Bay">Dublin Bay</a> in the centre, to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greystones" class="extiw" title="w:Greystones">Greystones</a> in the south (centre right of picture). The original image has been rotated 180 degrees to present a more familiar orientation.
NASA/Expedition 34
2013-02-18
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/303602636899352576">Chris Hadfield, NASA</a>