Photo credit: Andrew McCarthy
You won’t be able to make out any NASA astronauts aboard the ISS, but astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy did happen to capture the modular space station crossing the Moon. To get this shot, he had to be up before sunrise and then drive to a specific point in the desert near his Arizona home. Equipment included two telescopes and several cameras.
Since the ISS travels at approximately 17,000 miles per hour, it had to be captured using a high-frame-rate video setting to prevent motion blur. Using high focal lengths on the telescopes, precision and timing were key to capture this stunning image. McCarthy managed to get 30 shots of the space station within about an eight of a second.
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Photo credit: Andrew McCarthy via PetaPixel
These photos are very important to me to share with the world. We’re at a time when we’re so divided, that being able to collectively come together and appreciate the beauty of our universe could be a step towards uniting us,” said McCarthy to PetaPixel.
