Astronaut shares India’s REAL Diwali photo from space, Twitterati thank him for the ‘stunning shot’

Sharing a sneak peek from the cosmos, an astronaut posted an enchanting click of what the country looks like during the festival of lights. Posting the magnificent Diwali photo, astronaut Paolo Nespoli‏ whose Twitter handle is @astro_paolo, wrote: “The Hindu Festival of Lights, starts today. #HappyDiwali to everyone! #VITAmission.” Check out his tweet here.

Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, starts today. #HappyDiwali to everyone! #VITAmission pic.twitter.com/Uygnc8tTWx

— Paolo Nespoli (@astro_paolo) 19 October 2017

No sooner did he upload it, several Indians took to Twitter to shower love and compliments on Nespoli. Take a look at some of the reactions here.

thank you for sharing the stunning pic. love from india! ☺#HappyDiwali

— Chanakya Kumar Das (@iamckdas) 20 October 2017

Thanku very much sir, and same to u
Very happy Diwali to u https://t.co/tnc520BEib

— धर्मेन्द्र ठाकुर~ॐ (@dharmu_thakur) 20 October 2017

Marvellous picture ! Thank you for sharing !

— Gérald Malempré (@geraldmalempre) 19 October 2017

Thank you Paolo for the warm wishes ! 🙏🙏 Thanks a ton for the amazing pic ! 👏👏✍🏽🙌🙌

— Nishanth K M (@Nish_Man_k) 20 October 2017

#Gorgeous photograph, what is the bright orange line though? 🤔

— Sudip (@iam_Sudip) 20 October 2017

Amazing picture Heartly Thank you very much for sharing picture
Love from all India 🇮🇳

— VIKRAM CHOUDHARY (@vikram_bugasara) 20 October 2017

Thanks Paolo. This really made my day !! Happy Diwali to you !

— 🇮🇳 Aniket Parab (@aniketparab07) 20 October 2017

At least we have a real Diwali satellite photo

— Praveen Sharma (@Prav001) 21 October 2017

Take a look at one picture featuring the map of India, which was earlier claimed to be clicked by NASA’s satellites. Even though it has been proved as a fake shot, it keeps coming up repeatedly on WhatsApp and Facebook.

This is photoshop. This is the real pic pic.twitter.com/fpjHxQ2Qvl

— Jai (@Jai74863750) 21 October 2017