--- description: Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took a photo of the famous pyramids from her current home on the International Space Station. title: See Egypt's Pyramids from Space image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b20b62c8a4d3b52/698786338e06011ecb45b0e0/egypt-pyramids.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [A Year In Space](/tag/a-year-in-space/) ## A Year In Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See Egypt's Pyramids From Space by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 1, 2015 4:19 PM CUT  The pyramids of Giza in Egypt, (center left) seen from space. The pyramids of Giza in Egypt, (center left) seen from space.Samantha Cristoforetti—European Space Agency by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 1, 2015 4:19 PM CUT Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took a photo of the famous pyramids of Giza in Egypt from her current home on the International Space Station. Follow her on Twitter [@AstroSamantha](https://twitter.com/AstroSamantha "undefined"). Astronaut Scott Kelly, along with Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Scott Kelly joined Cristoforetti aboard the space station on March 28th. Follow the mission [here](http://time.com/space "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3767212/pyramids-giza-space/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3767212/pyramids-giza-space/"},"headline":"See Egypt's Pyramids From Space","datePublished":"2015-04-01T16:19:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:37:09.102Z","description":"Look for the triangular shadows","url":"https://time.com/3767212/pyramids-giza-space/","keywords":["A Year In Space","Space","photography","Egypt"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b20b62c8a4d3b52/698786338e06011ecb45b0e0/egypt-pyramids.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b20b62c8a4d3b52/698786338e06011ecb45b0e0/egypt-pyramids.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"egypt-pyramids","caption":"The pyramids of Giza in Egypt, seen from space.","creditText":"Samantha Cristoforetti—European Space Agency","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/a-year-in-space/","name":"A Year In Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3767212/pyramids-giza-space/","name":"See Egypt's Pyramids From Space"}}]}] ```