Indian astronaut moonwalks down pothole-covered street
Days before an Indian spacecraft is due to land on the lunar surface, another moonwalk video has the nation enraptured.
In the footage shot this week, an astronaut gingerly treads on a ground marked with craters, pebbles and dust.
But as the camera pans back, it reveals a street covered with potholes and dirt.
Artist Baadal Nanjundaswamy posted the video to draw attention to the neglected roads in the city of Bangalore.
Poornachandra Mysore walks down a street in Bangalore dresses as a spaceman. Facebook
The city of eight million people is known as the Silicon Valley of India, but its rapid growth has put incredible strain on its infrastructure.
He recruited actor Poornachandra Mysore to get kitted out in an astronaut's garb to walk the streets.
The entire scene was filmed on a mobile phone with no additional lighting.
In barely a day it has already been viewed on Facebook more than a million times.
