Thursday, June 19, 2014

The International Space Station


Last night and tonight there were passes of the International Space Station, nearly overhead.  The ISS is a beautiful thing to see.  It looks like one of the brightest stars in the sky, moving ever so slowly from horizon to horizon.  There is a website where they post the passes, telling us what time, and what direction it comes from, and which direction it is moving across the sky.  So I went out and set up my camera at the appointed time.  This is a 90 second time exposure of the sky with the ISS seen as a streak in the sky.  I closed the shutter too soon, so the trail stops before the edge of the picture, as it was going through the bowl of the big dipper.  Kind of cool, huh?

2 comments:

ken schwarz said...

Your professional photograph is a lot more interesting than the very amateurish shot that I took of The International Space Station about three weeks ago over the skies of Charleston with my iPhone. But watching the Space Station fly overhead for a few minutes was very cool indeed!

Anonymous said...

VERY cool! Interesting information. Also, love the color...bsk