A week after two massive explosions echoed through Beirut, Lebanon, a NASA astronaut shared his view of the capital city from orbit and his best wishes for its residents.
The city experienced two powerful blasts at its port in the local evening of Aug. 4, killing at least 171 people and injuring thousands
"Thinking of Beirut today," Cassidy wrote in the tweet. "My heart goes out to all of those who have been affected by the recent tragedy. Sending love from @Space_Station."
Cassidy's views augment a host of satellite images of devastation caused by the blasts, including NASA analyses of data gathered by the European Space Agency's fleet of Copernicus Sentinel Earth-observing satellites to determine where the ground shifted during the explosions
