The final selfie frontier: app takes pictures from 36,000km up in space

The final selfie frontier: app takes pictures from 36,000km up in space

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https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2019/nov/20/app-satellite-selfies-from-space

Cameras mounted on a satellite allow users to take ‘selfies from space’ – on a beach, at a festival or sports event and eventually from anywhere you fancy – if the skies are clear

A growing number of authorities around the world may be banning selfies – most recently the Japanese city of Kyoto put the kibosh on the taking of photos in its geisha neighbourhood – but one company is hoping to cash in on people’s desire to capture memorable moments, by introducing “the world’s longest selfie stick”, in the form of an app that takes photos from space.