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    1. New Glenn rocket launch as photographed from ISS on Jan 16th. This shows New Glenn upper stage, exo-atmospheric, in coast phase following booster separation. In this 4 minute time exposure, New Glenn is seen as the faint streak moving from lower right to upper left as it crosses the brighter vertically oriented star trails. This was not an easy photograph to take. ISS was over Oklahoma at the beginning and over central Gulf of Mexico at the end of the exposure. New Glenn upper stage was above the atmosphere horizon sunlit with dark background (very faint). The direction to point the camera was only approximately known so I had three cameras each in separate Cupola windows, with wide angle lenses, 15mm T1.8, 24mm f1.4, and 28mm f1.4. Only the 28mm picked up New Glenn. The time covered in this image was 07:18 to 07:22 UT on Jan 16th, 15 minutes after launch (at launch time of ~ 07:03, ISS was over the North Pacific ocean).

      Nikon Z9, Nikon 28mm f1.4 lens, composite made from assembly of sequential 15 sec exposures, f1.4, ISO 500, with Photoshop, levels, gamma, contrast, exposure, cropped.

    2. idonotlikemilk on

      That’s so cool! I can’t imagine how crazy it would be watching a rocket launch while in orbit. That’s awesome.