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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."

@science@lemmy.world @science@beehaw.org @space@lemmy.world @space@newsmast.community #space #science #nasa #astronomy

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[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

That's highly debatable

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 17 points 2 weeks ago

I reflexively hated the light streaks at first, but then I thought about it and realized I’ve never seen the speed of ISS orbit represented in a photo before and that’s kinda cool, especially juxtaposed with the Milky Way detail that was only possible with the very same long exposure that produce the streaks.

Idk. Space usually looks pretty still and tranquil, so having that and a sense of fast movement in the same shot is pretty cool I guess.

“Best ever” though? Hell, what does that even mean? It’s a cool photo, let’s just leave it at that.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

best photo from space—ever

That's really subjective.

[–] admin@science.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

@AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works Extremely subjective but that's the title :P

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Uhm...I'ma have to disagree on that.

[–] Scio@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Link to the quoted article: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/a-nasa-astronaut-may-have-just-taken-the-best-photo-from-space-ever/

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

"In this image, one can see the core of the Milky Way galaxy, zodiacal light (sunlight diffused by interplanetary dust), streaks of SpaceX Starlink satellites, individual stars, an edge-on view of the atmosphere that appears in burnt umber due to hydroxide emissions, a near-sunrise just over the horizon, and nighttime cities appearing as streaks."

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

@Scio@lemmy.world Thanks for linking!

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Obviously fake, the earth should be flat in this photo.

[–] Hule@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That orange line is the wall around it, man!

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, the only thing we were wrong about was the ice wall, it turns out it's an orange ice wall

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is aliens, right?

[–] turmacar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Musk. Ruining politics, social media, astronomy, and astrophotography simultaneously.

[–] danielbowmaniel@mastodon.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@admin @science@lemmy.world @science@beehaw.org @space

What the hell IS that?

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's the earth on a long exposure

[–] NOT_RICK_SANCHEZ@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like the photographers of the group have spoken…

[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For anyone else looking for more info

[–] danielbowmaniel@mastodon.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

@admin @science@lemmy.world @science@beehaw.org @space

WOW! Amazing. Thank you for the explainer.

[–] pwalshj@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

Thot filter. Lol

[–] Glasgow@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 weeks ago

What a dumbass it’s not even in focus.