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1. Wonder of Science (wonderofscience@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 09:30:28 JST Wonder of Science

   Flying over the line between day and night in the International Space Station.

   Full 4K widescreen version on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Aa4mm_OGL34

   • One Brave Peasant (seekingduck@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 09:46:47 JST One Brave Peasant

     in reply to

     @wonderofscience I don't understand why I don't see lights on the dark side.

   • Wonder of Science (wonderofscience@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 09:52:58 JST Wonder of Science

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     • One Brave Peasant

     @SeekingDuck The camera exposure settings are calibrated for daylight, so faint light sources aren't picked up. Also, this timelapse is entirely over the Indian Ocean, so even with appropriate exposure settings no city lights would be visible.

     Here is a link to the cameras metadata if interested in the settings/camera used.
     https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/DatabaseCameraFiles/ISS034/ISS034-E-19846.txt