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Posted: 2014-06-09T17:47:39Z | Updated: 2014-06-09T17:59:02Z Astronaut Reid Wiseman Sends First-Ever 'Vine' From Space | HuffPost

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

WATCH: First 'Vine' From Space Is Stunning
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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:

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