I captured this lightning-filled star trail from the International Space Station. More details in comments!
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Awesome shot, and i always find these pics of earth looking time lapse photo/videos fascinating. I wonder what is happening in the top left with the startrails? They just stop or seem to reverse or something?
The star trails move due to the ISS pitch axis which makes one rotation every orbit. If you look left or right of your trajectory, stars go in circles; look forwards and stars go in straight lines.
Whoa. Now here's a question I've never considered: which way is the ISS going and/or facing? Is there a "front," or is that determined by the direction of travel?
You said pitch, so is the ISS kinda rolling(like a ball, not side to side tilting lol) around the planet?
What are the other curves that seem to cross the star trails in the upper left? Is that a rotating panel of the station itself?
Yes, those are reflections from one of the station’s solar arrays, somewhat more clearly seen in this other star trail shot of his.
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