What’s that unusual
spot on the Moon? It’s the International Space Station. Using precise timing, the Earth-orbiting space platform was photographed in front of a partially lit gibbous Moon last
month. The featured composite, taken from Payson, Arizona, USA last month, was
intricately composed by combining, in part, many 1/2000-second images from a video of
the ISS crossing the Moon.
A close inspection of
this unusually crisp ISS silhouette will
reveal the outlines of numerous solar panels and trusses. The bright crater Tycho is
visible on the upper left, as well as comparatively rough, light colored
terrain known as highlands,
and relatively smooth, dark colored areas known as maria. On-line tools can tell you when the International Space Station will be visible from your area.
Image & info via APOD
Image Credit &
Copyright: Andrew McCarthy
Source: Space
Station Silhouette on the Moon – Scents of Science (myfusimotors.com)
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