🤩 Stargazing from the space station
An astronaut took this photo of a starry night sky and an atmospheric glow blanketing the Earth during an orbital night period, as the International Space Station (ISS) orbited 266 miles above the Indian Ocean. The space station orbits Earth every 90 minutes, so the crew members aboard see as many as 16 sunrises and sunsets in a day.
What’s it like to see the stars from orbit, far above Earth’s atmosphere? Astronaut Drew Morgan recalls, “stars are much more distinct. They don’t have that twinkle anymore, everything is very crisp, and naturally you see infinitely more stars […] infinitely more.”
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Credit: NASA
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