Well now, if it isn’t the International Space Station. To wit.
Using precise timing, the Earth-orbiting space platform was photographed in front of a partially lit gibbous Moon last month. The featured image was taken from Palo Alto, California, USA with an exposure time of only 1/667 of a second. In contrast, the duration of the transit of the ISS across the entire Moon was about half a second. A close inspection of this unusually crisp ISS silhouette will reveal the outlines of numerous solar panels and trusses. The bright crater Tycho is visible on the lower left, as well as comparatively rough, light colored terrain known as highlands, and relatively smooth, dark colored areas known as maria.
(Image: Eric Holland)
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I thought it was a tie fighter at first
+1
That’s no moon!
Top headline lads.
And a nod to Cat Stephens…or Yusuf Islam as he’s known nowadays.
That takes me back…some great albums.
He’s one of my favourite loons with tunes.
He’s not Yusuf Islam any more
Just plain old Yusuf
He’s still awesome though – an amazing artist
It’s all lies! The earth is flat, I tells ya!…
Actually, a really cool picture, and I agree with the lady millie: great headline :)
I once was able to track the ISS using binoculars, but never got this clarity
That’s definitely ‘The Black Knight’, 100%
Was it bisted or Jussayin who has an imaginary degree in astrophysics and says the iss isnt possible?
That would be jusayinlike.