Posted Jun 03, 2006 at 03:47AM by Anna S. Listed in: Photography, Science Tags: casio, International Space Station, Texas
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The International Space Station is so massive that it can reflect sunlight toward the Earth highly visible for an hour or so before sunrise and after sunset. And because of this quality, it can easily be photographed from Earth. These images were taken using a Casio EX-Z850 8.1 Megapixel camera, which has a 10-second time exposure.

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This is the track of the ISS passing over Geronimo Creek Observatory in South-Central Texas, from northwest to southeast.

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This shows the ISS entering Earth's shadow and disappearing from view. The dimming of the ISS begins as the rays of sunlight that illuminate it begin to graze the top of the atmosphere.

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This shows the dimming effect mentioned above.

Although many kinds of film and digital cameras have the ability to take photographs of the ISS, a camera that has a time exposure capability will yield the best results.


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