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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." (storage.science.social)
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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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[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] admin@science.social 2 points 1 week ago

@mipadaitu@lemmy.world Thank you for linking to this!