The photo above shows a view of Puerto Rico taken on Oct. 12, 2017, from the International Space Station.

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For the first time during their stay in the International Space Station, a team of NASA astronauts was finally able to spot Puerto Rico from thespacecraft.

Astronaut Joe Acaba, whose parents were both born on the island,captured an image of Puerto Rico from space.Heshared the image on Twitter, where he wrote, " from @Space_Station. Continued thoughts throughout the recovery process."

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"My parents were born there, so a lot of relatives, cousins, godparents" are still in Puerto Rico, the astronaut told the Associated Press last month. "I hope everyone's doing well and that you take care of yourselves."

when it battered Puerto Rico on Sept. 20.

Hundreds of thousands remain without power and drinking water is in short supply as the island nation struggles to return to normalcy.