Watch The Space Station Cruising Across The Moon, Caught In Sunlight

Astrophotography fanatic Andrew McCarthy shared a three-slide put up displaying the transit of the International Space Station (ISS) in opposition to the Moon caught in a sunbeam that’s going viral. The put up will delight area and astronomy fans because it reveals a really superb sight because the ISS crosses the Moon, lit up in superb element.

The second slide within the put up reveals a captivating view of the ISS in opposition to the crescent, whereas the third one is a video by which the station will be seen briskly transferring previous the Moon. “This was a transit captured from my backyard this morning, and a difficult shot to capture since the moon was practically invisible against the glare of the sun. The transit against the lit portion of the moon lasted just a few hundredths of a second, shown here in a video slowed down roughly 6x,” McCarthy wrote in his put up, dated two weeks in the past.

On April 10, McCarthy had shared a thread about the identical on Twitter as effectively. The California-based photographer mentioned it was probably the most tough transit that he had ever tried to seize.

“Today, the @Space_Station briefly transited the 5.6% crescent moon. This was the most difficult transit I’ve ever attempted to capture. It required taking over 150 pictures per second to make sure I got it lined up properly,” he had tweeted.

Reacting to the transition video of ISS in opposition to the Moon, a Twitter consumer, @mailutkarsh97, requested if the station appeared like TIE fighter ship from Star Wars.

Here are extra reactions to McCarthy’s brilliance.

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