kent christian
good morning. Today, January 18th, we are observing the brightest human-made object in the night sky.
Of course, I’m talking about the International Space Station. The facility has been in orbit for a quarter of a century, thanks to the care of NASA, Roscosmos, the European Space Agency, and the Japanese and Canadian space agencies.people living in mid-latitudes or tropical regions of the earth I can see the station sometimes.
I live in Houston, so having a train station nearby is very important to me. Many of the astronauts who fly to the ISS are trained here, and most of them live here. One of my neighbors was one of the early station residents. Hundreds and thousands of people who live near me work hard to keep our stations standing tall and safe. Astronauts conduct basic research there, understand how microgravity affects the human body, and develop commercial space, among other activities.
Plus, it’s a beacon around the world, as this photo taken by Kent Christian proves.
“It’s an ISS pass from Saint-Leger-sur-Dune in central Burgundy,” he told me. “We had parked our canal boat overnight facing northeast, specifically so we could photograph the mountain pass with the boat in the frame.The rig was simple: a tripod with a wide-angle lens I mounted my Sony Alpha camera and took four consecutive exposures, each 30 seconds long, layered in Photoshop.I also used a flashlight to “paint” the back of the boat during the exposures. ”
So touring a French town by boat, drinking local wine and watching the space station fly overhead seems like a great time to me.
Source: Kent Christian
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