And as Anderson notes, "when you can do it successfully, the results are out of this world!" (pun likely intended). However, it is still possible to take some pretty spectacular images from the ISS. Anderson notes that the windows mostly face Earth, which means that it is only possible to see the stars at the very edges of the windows, and sometimes not even then. The other issue is the directions that the windows are facing. Image Credit: NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman In order to get a good view of the stars, it is necessary to block this light out (by covering up the panels, switches, etc. Ultimately, a majority of the compartments on the ISS have a lot of ambient light. Of course, this light isn't coming from planet Earth, but the station itself. It shines a little brighter because of the lack of atmosphere, but astronauts still have to fight light pollution. To begin with, the Milky Way is easier to see. For the most part, we can see the same things, with a bit better clarity. Anderson states, "the sky looks the same to us as it does to you, except that you are looking through the Earth's atmosphere. ![]() Anderson, who lived on the space station for 152 days back in 2007, the sky doesn't really look all that different. However, according to NASA astronaut Clayton C. You might think that an entire universe reveals itself, peeking out from the faded mist of dust and energetic particles that surround our planet. ![]() You might think that, because of the reduced atmosphere and lack of light pollution, the view is vastly different than what us land-dwellers are used to. Individual houses and buildings fade, as entire continents come into view.īut what do they see when they look at the Milky Way? Our cities and towns look like tiny specks dotting the surface of the planet. As they speed around the Earth, moving nearly five miles per second (8 km/sec), the men and women living on the ISS are able to see planet Earth as few others have (or ever will). You might think that astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are given a once in a lifetime show.
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