ALIENS ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴛᴜʀɴs sɪᴅᴇᴡᴀʏs ɪɴ ᴛʀɪᴘᴘʏ, ɢʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ sᴘᴀᴄᴇ sᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ 2 years ago Nguyen Dung It’s a ‘battle’ of starlight and city lights, astronaut Thomas Pesquet said. City lights cling to a tilted Earth as orange atoms slice through space in a stunning, surreal new photo taken aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Thomas Pesquet, a French astronaut who arrived at the ISS for his second spaceflight in April 2021, captured the trippy image on July 30 while taking in the view from the space station’s cupola — a domed, seven-windowed observation room that peeps out of the station’s side. Looking out at Earth, Pesquet was particularly taken by the interplay of man-made and celestial light before him, the European Space Agency astronaut wrote in a post on Flickr. “Sometimes star lights battle it out with city lights for who’s the brightest and more beautiful,” Pesquet wrote. “I’m just lucky to get to be the judge.”You’ve likely seen photos of city lights from space before, but here Pesquet also gives us a rare view of a natural light phenomenon only visible beyond Earth’s atmosphere. That orange band streaming down the side of the planet is known as airglow — a natural luminescence that occurs when ultraviolet radiation from the sun energizes molecules in the atmosphere These hopped-up molecules inevitably bump into each other, losing energy and faintly glowing with each collision. Just as with the Northern Lights, different molecules glow with different colors; this orange hue comes from sodium atoms colliding approximately 55 miles (90 kilometers) above Earth, European Southern Observatory astronomer Juan Carlos Muñoz said on twitter. RELATED CONTENT —Aurora photos: See breathtaking views of the northern lights —Northern lights: 8 dazzling facts about auroras —In images: Rising ‘phoenix’ aurora and starburst galaxies light up the skies Floating another 200 miles (300 km) or so higher than that, the ISS is hardly the most accommodating venue for photography, Pesquet said. For one, it’s so dark up there that a camera’s shutter needs to remain open for as long as possible in order to capture any of the lights below. During that time, the photographer needs to hold their camera as still as possible — no easy task when your vantage point is orbiting the Earth at more than 17,400 mph (28,000 km/h). Some movement in the final image is to be expected, Pesquet said. It’s all in a day’s work grappling with “the intricacies of space photography,” Pesquet added. Post Views: 1,009 Tags: glowing Earth photo from the International Space Station, The world turns sideways in trippy Continue Reading Previous Secret patterns found in arrangement of medieval Islamic tombsNext ᴛʜᴇ sᴄʜᴜᴍᴀɴɴ ʀᴇsᴏɴᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴀɪᴀ: ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀᴀɪɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴇᴛ More Stories ALIENS UFO sᴋɪɴᴡᴀʟᴋᴇʀ ʀᴀɴᴄʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ‘ʜɪᴛᴄʜʜɪᴋᴇʀ ᴇғғᴇᴄᴛ’ 9 months ago Nguyen Dung ALIENS UFO ᴜɴᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴ ᴏғ ʙᴀɪɢᴏɴɢ ᴘɪᴘᴇs ɪɴ ᴄʜɪɴᴀ- ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴄʀᴀғᴛᴇᴅ 𝟷𝟻𝟶,𝟶𝟶𝟶 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ.ᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟ ᴜғᴏ ғᴜᴇʟ ғᴀᴄɪʟɪᴛʏ? 1 year ago admin1 ALIENS Space ᴛʜᴇ ᴍʏsᴛᴇʀʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇ ʙʀɪᴇғᴄᴀsᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴍʏsᴛᴇʀɪᴏᴜs sᴋᴜʟʟs ᴅɪsᴄᴏᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛᴀɪɴs ɪɴ ʀᴜssɪᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴛ 𝟷 1 year ago admin1 Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ
