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Josh Universe :goldverify:@science.social to science@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever - "During his third stay in orbit, Pettit is absolutely killing it."

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A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever - "During his third stay in orbit, Pettit is absolutely killing it."

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Josh Universe :goldverify:@science.social to science@lemmy.world · 4 months ago
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A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever - “During his third stay in orbit, Pettit is absolutely killing it.”

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  • kibiz0r@midwest.social
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    I reflexively hated the light streaks at first, but then I thought about it and realized I’ve never seen the speed of ISS orbit represented in a photo before and that’s kinda cool, especially juxtaposed with the Milky Way detail that was only possible with the very same long exposure that produce the streaks.

    Idk. Space usually looks pretty still and tranquil, so having that and a sense of fast movement in the same shot is pretty cool I guess.

    “Best ever” though? Hell, what does that even mean? It’s a cool photo, let’s just leave it at that.

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    Some context for those of you who are confused as to why this picture is impressive.

    https://www.universetoday.com/170146/astronaut-don-pettit-is-serious-he-rigged-up-astrophotography-gear-on-the-iss/

    The ISS rotates around the earth every 90 minutes, so before Don Pettit brought a custom built astrophotography rig up there this picture would have been impossible to take.

    It’s weird that Eric Burger neglected to put this picture into perspective for people who aren’t 100% up to date on their space news.

    • Josh Universe :goldverify:@science.socialOP
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      @mipadaitu@lemmy.world Thank you for linking to this!

  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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    best photo from space—ever

    That’s really subjective.

    • Josh Universe :goldverify:@science.socialOP
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      @AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works Extremely subjective but that’s the title :P

  • NineMileTower@lemmy.world
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    That’s highly debatable

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    Uhm…I’ma have to disagree on that.

  • salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    For anyone else looking for more info

    • Josh Universe :goldverify:@science.socialOP
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      @salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone Yep! Cheers

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    This is aliens, right?

    • turmacar@lemmy.world
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      Starlink sats

      • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
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        Musk. Ruining politics, social media, astronomy, and astrophotography simultaneously.

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    deleted by creator

  • chingadera@lemmy.world
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    Obviously fake, the earth should be flat in this photo.

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      That orange line is the wall around it, man!

      • chingadera@lemmy.world
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        Yeah, the only thing we were wrong about was the ice wall, it turns out it’s an orange ice wall

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    • IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org
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      A long enough exposure to capture the movement of the earth underneath, without being long enough for the perspective on the stars to change.

      tl; dr: one helluva exercise in juuuust the right exposure length.

      • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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        And even right before the sun came into view. Awesome.

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    What a dumbass it’s not even in focus.

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    Link to the quoted article: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/a-nasa-astronaut-may-have-just-taken-the-best-photo-from-space-ever/

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      “In this image, one can see the core of the Milky Way galaxy, zodiacal light (sunlight diffused by interplanetary dust), streaks of SpaceX Starlink satellites, individual stars, an edge-on view of the atmosphere that appears in burnt umber due to hydroxide emissions, a near-sunrise just over the horizon, and nighttime cities appearing as streaks.”

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    Thot filter. Lol

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