ISS: Cupola Photos, International Space Station has the Coolest Office (SEE HERE)

If you've seen photos taken by the astronauts on the International Space Station, like these, you might (once you pick up your chin off the floor and recover from the slap of amazement) wonder where the astronauts go to get such dazzling shots of our planet.

Turns out, the crew of ISS has the coolest office. It is only 4.7 feet high and 9.8 feet around, but it is 200 miles above Earth with a view any high-power executive would be jealous to own.

The Cupola is a module on the ISS that has panoramic windows and holds two stations used to work the robotic arm. The arm, called Canadarm2, is used to grab visiting ships like SpaceX's cargo-carrying Dragon. The arm can even help astronauts on space walks.

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