Astronaut Reid Wiseman Sends First-Ever 'Vine' From Space

One small step for a man, one giant leap for Vines?

American astronaut Reid Wiseman posted the first-ever Vine from space on Friday. As he explained in a tweet, the Vine is a 92-minute video taken of Earth's "terminator line" -- the line separating the sunlit side of the Earth from the nighttime areas -- compressed into a six-second time-lapse video.

Because the International Space Station's orbit is parallel to that line, the video makes it appear as if the sun never sets.

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The groundbreaking Vine isn't Wiseman's first big splash on social media. The astronaut frequently tweets pictures of the Earth from the ISS. Just check out these highlights:


Thanks @astro_Pettit for the tips. Cloudy US at night. pic.twitter.com/IhiBp4dFll

— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) June 9, 2014



This will go in my living room. Australia’s north shore. pic.twitter.com/cRIpNMUBQz

— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) June 9, 2014


Egyptian desert meets the Red Sea on a cloudless afternoon. pic.twitter.com/N5HOlCJ9E0

— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) June 8, 2014 Reported by Huffington Post 27 minutes ago.