The International Space Station follows an (almost) circular path around the Earth. When you unfold that 3-dimensional circular path into a 2-dimensional Mercator map it appears like a sinusoidal wave. Here is an interesting visualization of this phenomenon.pic.twitter.com/fk8Ma2SHCH
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It's both a particle and a wave!
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