Thomas Pesquet posted a photo:

Encore un cran vers l'ouest : le Colorado et les montagnes rocheuses.

Mountain Standard Time, cool name for a time zone that spans Canada, USA and a part of Mexico. Here is the small town of Riviera in Arizona on the border, and far from mountains. Nature likes curves and random, man likes order and geometry… who will win in the end?

Credits: ESA/NASA

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Thomas Pesquet posted a photo:

On continue vers l'ouest avec le Mexique (ici Guadalajara), les états d'amérique centrale, et le centre des USA.

Welcome to 2021 soon Central Standard Time countries! Here's the city of Guadalajara in Mexico, that is just on the western border of this time zone.

Credits: ESA/NASA

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Thomas Pesquet posted a photo:

L'est des USA fête le nouvel an 6 heures après nous, accompagnés de la Colombie, le Québec et le Pérou ! Ici Piedmont Triad International Airport Caroline du Nord.

Eastern Standard Timezone celebrates the New Year six hours are Europe. Here's Piedmont Triad International Airport in North Carolina.

Credits: ESA/NASA

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Thomas Pesquet posted a photo:

Vient ensuite l'heure... des Caraïbes ! Bonne année Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Martin, Saint Barth... mais aussi le Venezuela et la Bolivie.

AST (Atlantic Standard Time) comes next, a small one, but that includes Brazil, Eastern Canada and.. the British Virgin Islands pictured here.

Credits: ESA/NASA

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Thomas Pesquet posted a photo:

On passe de l'autre côté de l'atlantique, et c'est l'ouest de l'Amérique du Sud qui suit: Brésil, Argentine, Chili, et plus encore !

This timezone is surprising as it includes parts of Brazil, and Argentina as well as Chile spanning a whole continent. Here's a beautiful river delta in Chile. Feliz año nuevo!

Credits: ESA/NASA

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