# I can see my house from there. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 18, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-see-my-house-from-there/777502 "2017-01-18T23:52:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-see-my-house-from-there/777502/1 "2017-01-18T23:52:25Z")
> **[Detroit shines in space station astronaut's photo](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/01/18/detroit-shines-space-station-astronauts-photo/96711222/)** > > NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough tweeted the stunning picture Tuesday morning with Detroit as the star Okay not actually. But I love pictures space pictures at night, and with Detroit’s new white LEDs contrasted against the yellowy sodium of the suburbs I can pick my house out within a pixel or two. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-see-my-house-from-there/777502/2 "2017-01-19T01:43:13Z")
Can we make this a thread? I can see my childhood home on the standard flight plan (which is very long) into LAX. I used to fly in there often. It was kind of fun to pick out my old neighborhood and my house from above. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-see-my-house-from-there/777502/3 "2017-01-19T02:10:49Z")
I can see my house (or at least my neighborhood) in the OP’s link as well.