The final selfie frontier: app takes pictures from 36,000km up in space

Cameras mounted on a satellite allow users to take 'selfies from space' - on a beach, at a festival or sports event and eventually from anywhere you fancy - if the skies are clear

A growing number of authorities around the world may be banning selfies - most recently the Japanese city of Kyoto put the kibosh on the taking of photos in its geisha neighbourhood - but one company is hoping to cash in on people's desire to capture memorable moments, by introducing "the world's longest selfie stick", in the form of an app that takes photos from space.

Spelfie.com allows users to take a selfie at the exact time that a satellite camera captures their location from space. Users of the app click on the event they are attending, then, once they are at the venue, the app provides coordinates so the user knows precisely where to position themselves and at what time. They then take a photo of themselves at the moment the satellite is taking its photo and later the same day the app sends back the satellite image juxtaposed with the selfie to be viewed in its gallery. Spelfie spokesman Anthony Burr said that in future the images will be available within a matter of minutes rather than hours.