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Orbiting 250 miles above Earth, the views from the International Space Station are second to none, and always make a huge impact on astronauts lucky enough to stay there. NASA’s Zena Cardman , who returned form the ISS in January after a visit lasting just over five months, this week shared a gorgeous time lapse showing “a little of everything,” including sunset, lightning storms, air glow, moon glint, stars, and sunrise, and even a docked Dragon spacecraft bathing in the ever-changing light.
Recommended Videos “The space station rarely makes big changes to its orientation, but we were lucky to experience such maneuvers before and after each CRS-33 reboost,” Cardman wrote in her post, referring to how the station is occasionally nudged to a higher orbit by a docked spacecraft to counteract atmospheric drag that gradually lowers its altitude. “This 60x speed time lapse was one of my favorites since it captures a little of everything — sunset, lightning storms, air glow, moon glint, stars, and sunrise — as we did one orbital cartwheel from Atlantic to Pacific.” The station is orbiting Earth at about 17,500 mph , circling the planet around 16 times in every 24-hour period. That means astronauts aboard the ISS get to experience 16 sunsets and 16 sunrises during that period. Whether light or dark, many astronauts like to head to the seven-window Cupola during their time off, grabbing a camera to get some shots of Earth or set up a time lapse. French astronaut Thomas Pesquet even published a book showcasing his impressive work. Pesquet planned his time aboard the ISS carefully, taking breaks from science work when he knew the station would be passing over a visually striking part of Earth. Camera in hand, the astronaut would capture breathtaking shots before sharing them on social media. American astronaut Don Pettit has also earned a reputation for his stunning visual work captured aboard the ISS, with some of his more surreal images also receiving much praise.
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