Saturday, April 12, 2014


Three nights ago, astrophotographers Pete Lawrence and Ian Sharp stood in Sharp's back garden in Ham UK waiting for a spaceship to pass in front of the Moon. When it happened, their eyes barely registered the event. High-speed cameras, however, recorded a beautiful view of the ISS speeding over the Sea of Tranquillity.  

Most transits go unnoticed because they are so brief. The ISS, moving faster than 17,000 mph, completes its trip across the lunar disk in only a fraction of a second.

It's surprising that the two objects, the moon and the station, can be photographed pretty much in focus.  This reminds me of the movie Gravity, which I just saw the other day.  Is Sandra Bullock floating out there somewhere?

Via Spaceweather

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