Whether dangling out of a rollercoaster ride or stretching out in the classic "hot dog legs" pose, a self-taken photo of one's legs and feet has become a common trope on social media -but this particular one is hard to beat.
Late last week, American astronaut Shane Kimbrough tweeted this
astounding shot of his boots dangling about 200 miles above the Earth. It has since received over 2000 retweets and almost 10,000 likes on Instagram, the Telegraph reports.
The photograph was taken on March 24, when Nasa expedition commander Kimbrough and his fellow astronaut, Thomas Pesquet completed a "space walk". The exercise lasted six-and-a-half hours, in which the pair completed maintenance work on the outside of the International Space Station.
European Space Agency (Esa) engineer Pesquet also seized the occasion to take a special photograph of his own. On March 26, the French astronaut tweeted a picture of two wedding bands floating in space, accompanied by the caption: "In my 1.5 kg 'hand luggage', I brought the wedding rings of my friends getting married this summer! I'll be back in time to be their witness."
