This selfie photo is literally out of this world!

Astronaut's Jessica Meir's selfie. Shot with a Nikon D5 and 28mm lens in a protective housing (seen in the middle of the image) (Image credit: Jessica Meir/NASA)

If you are going to shoot a selfie, then you need to make a special effort if you want it to stand out on social media. If you are an astronaut, you have a natural advantage... but this selfie taken last weekend by Jessica Meir is literally out of this world!

The selfies were shot on a spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS), where she is currently working as part of Expedition 61 and 62. Particularly impressive is the full length portrait (above) where Jessica used one of the solar panels as a mirror, with the Earth clearly visible in the background.

Fine, visor up this time – but at least the magnificent Earth still makes an appearance too. All #spacewalk #selfies (and other photos) made possible with a Nikon D5 with a 28 mm lens in a protective housing (visible in center of 2nd photo). #SelfieSunday pic.twitter.com/AlmUjvCWDjJanuary 26, 2020

The images were shot with a Nikon D5 fitted with a 28mm f/2.8D wide-angle lens – all housed in an all-white protective casing designed by NASA for spacewalks.

The image was shared on Jessica's Twitter account with the hashtag #SelfieSunday, and so far has been shared 1900 times.

Jan. 25, 2020 --- NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan takes pictures with a camera shielded from the effects of microgravity during a spacewalk to finalize thermal repairs on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a dark matter and antimatter detector. — A better view of the specially-modified Nikon D5, being used by NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan (Image credit: NASA)

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Chris George has worked on Digital Camera World since its launch in 2017. He has been writing about photography, mobile phones, video making and technology for over 30 years – and has edited numerous magazines including PhotoPlus, N-Photo, Digital Camera, Video Camera, and Professional Photography.

His first serious camera was the iconic Olympus OM10, with which he won the title of Young Photographer of the Year - long before the advent of autofocus and memory cards. Today he uses a Sony A7 IV, alongside his old Nikon D800 and his iPhone 15 Pro Max.

He is the author of a number of books including The Book of Digital Photography, which has been translated into a dozen different languages.

In addition to his expertise in photography and videomaking, he has written about technology for countless publications and websites including The Sunday Times Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, What Cellphone, T3 and Techradar.