Orbital motion of the ISS, visualized by sequentially adding the still frames of my star trails. Seen are stacking gold…
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Orbital motion of the ISS, visualized by sequentially adding the still frames of my star trails. Seen are stacking golden streaks of city lights and straight-line stars in our orbital direction. A surreal perspective of our Earth! Thanks to @babaktafreshi for processing.
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