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Astronaut captures majestic view during Christmas Eve spacewalk

<p>A NASA astronaut gets a portrait that's truly out of this world.</p>
Image: Astronaut Mike Hopkins on a spacewalk on Christmas Eve.
Astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer, participates in the second of two spacewalks which took place on Dec. 24. The scheduled spacewalks were designed to allow the crew to change out a faulty water pump on the exterior of the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. He was joined on both spacewalks by NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, whose image shows up in Hopkins' helmet visor. NASA via Reuters

Sure, you might have a nice view from your workplace, but how does it stack up to this?

NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio captured this image of fellow astronaut Mike Hopkins on Christmas Eve during the second of their two spacewalks to swap out a crippled pump module on the International Space Station.

Though some folks labeled the image of Hopkins a “selfie,” NASA officials said it was Mastracchio who took the picture. You can see the lens of Mastracchio’s camera reflected in the center of Hopkins’ helmet visor.