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International Space Station as seen from Lubbock Texas at 6:20 AM. on October 11, 2006.

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This view is of the Cmdr. McCool Memorial Statue and the white streak is a 30 second time exposure of the ISS (International Space Station). The visibility of the ISS peaked dramatically as sunlight reflected off the enormous solar panels. The path of the Space Station was known from published data but the reflected sunlight was an unexpected bonus! This time lapse ISS image is similar to those made by "Iridium Flares" as predicted at the website heavens-above. However, this event was much brighter as the reflecting surface is many times larger than the Iridium satellites. The photo is a 30 second time exposure at ISO 400 using a Canon Rebel XT.

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  • Very nice shot... John

    said photo of woodeye518 woodeye518 9 months 17 days ago

  • Cool shot! I like how the man in statue appears to showing the boy the space station. Thanks for sharing! - ray in Sacramento, CA PS - I used to attend school at Shallowater Elementary near Lubbock, TX. Hopefully I'll be able to visit that area again.

    said photo of raybouk raybouk 2007.02.23 at 10:32:03 PST

  • This is pretty darn cool! Great shot!

    said photo of shirleylitchford shirleylitchford 2006.10.12 at 06:47:24 PDT

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