No means no, unless you’re the people outside Asda trying to get me to switch my gas and electric the second I step into the building, seriously fuck off
Her hand rising toward her mouth in that final moment is unbearably innocent - it is an instinctive, childlike gesture, the same movement a child makes when startled or frightened. It speaks to the most basic human impulse to seek comfort, to shield oneself, to hold fear inside when words cannot come.
Curled into herself, wide-eyed and defenseless, she embodies pure vulnerability, a young woman suddenly stripped of safety and choice.
The world is reacting to this photo because in that fleeting, innocent gesture we recognize the universal cry for mercy - and the unbearable tragedy of it being denied.
10-15 seconds. That’s all the time she had to process everything before passing out from blood loss and shock.
She had enough time for her body to tell her she was going to die and began crying.
We flew over Hurricane Milton about 90 minutes ago. Here is the view out the Dragon Endeavour window. Expect lots of images from this window as this is where I’m sleeping while we wait to undock and return to Earth.
Timelapse coming in a separate post.
1/6400 sec, f8, ISO 500