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by EnigmaFlare 845 days ago
You can't see the whole earth (most of one hemisphere) from LEO, only a circle about 1000 km in diameter, which is about the size of Texas or twice the width of Utah. That doesn't stop it being amazing though!

There's also a cut before the person appears, so it could have sat waiting much longer than a few minutes.