STS-119 spacewalker seen from Earth

Astronauts working outside the International Space Station on one of the trusses at the Earth side.
When they passed over Europe, at least one of the spacewalkers was captured with a telescope
from the Netherlands

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ISS
• astronaut
• spacewalker
• seen
• from
• Earth

[apopheniacMCMLXXXIX]

I once had a conspiracy theorist nut tell me that the ISS is a hoax.

So I guess that can only mean....

ZOMG ALL THE TELESCOPES ARE IN LEAGUE WITH THE ILLUMINATI! OH NOES

[latebyrd]

At a distance of 340 km, a 10" (25 cm) telescope can resolve objects down to about 75 cm in size in visible wavelengths. Consequently, the space walker occupies about 3 "virtual pixels" in the pictures shown. Lucky for the photographer to find the exactly right atmospheric conditions and lighting for actually exploiting the power of his instrument. Congratulations for making perfect use of such luck and shooting some historic frames!

[MajorTechFan]

Just...Awesome!

[poprocz]

Now that was cool.

[Jezuzac]

wish this was CSI with infinite pixelation. Daumn

[ISamuelII]

They slipped out for a smoke??

Clawrence034 speaks in cosmic echoes.

[ThePoopChef]

Good, but I swear I can see these guys up there after I eat lots of carrots.

[clawrence034]

awesome images

[clawrence034]

awesome images

[dad45]

amazing thanks for posting and explaining with English. I assume the colors are the natural colors you see through your scope.