(Jessica Meir/NASA via SWNS)
By Dean Murray
Astronauts have documented incredible star, city and satellite trails from above Earth.
NASA's Jessica Meir and Anil Menon used long-exposure camera techniques to capture the spectacle from the International Space Station.
Anil said Tuesday, Sept. 15: "Two dramatically different star trail images. The yellow gold happened over India where the city lights lit up Earth on these compiled 15-second exposures. The red streak is closer to Vietnam where the fishing boats stand out in the ocean.
Jessica posted online: "Star and city trails with aurora. I shot this long-exposure (30s) series with a Nikon Z9, 15mm lens from our Dragon window.
"An array of satellites appears toward the end (above horizon at left of screen), and the Moon rises, evoking our NASA Artemis ambitions (thicker star trail to right of satellites).
"Thanks to Anil Menon for his master programming to stack the images allowing the trails to grow."
Slow exposures are needed to record faint light over time, with satellites leaving trails because they move across the sky during the exposure, which shows their reflected sunlight as lines.
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