International Space Station
Taken by Mark Humpage on May 16, 2020 @
Cotesbach, Lutterworth, Leics, UK
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This image is truly amazing. To actually get the conditions and timing right to capture 4 (yes 4) International Space Station (ISS) passes in one single image is unbelievable! Firstly, to see 4 multiple passes in the UK in both evening and morning. Secondly, to get clear skies at the same time, thirdly to get ISS path crossing symmetry and finally combined with a plane free sky (due to Lockdown) is really smashing the odds.
This quadruple ISS flyby was captured overnight on 15th to early morning on 16th May 2020 from my home in South Leicestershire.
The image captures the 2250hrs, 0026hrs, 0203hrs & 0340hrs ISS passes combined in a single image. I cannot believe how well the symmetry works on the ISS passes as they cross over during the composite.
Camera - Olympus OM-D, E-M5
Lens - Olympus 8mm fisheye
Tripod, mounted in field (same position).
f3.5, ISO 500, 15s (approx 60No) stacked.
All passes are pretty much west to east so I set my camera on a tripod pointing due south. Using a wide angle lens (8mm fisheye) I set camera in manual mode on a wide aperture (F4) and long exposure time of 15s.
I then left the camera on tripod and captured continuous exposures from the first pass at 2250hrs on the evening of 15th until the final pass at 0340hrs in the morning. I threw a bit of light onto the field using a torch during the exposures (walking around switching a torch on/off) to achieve the ghostly figures.
Photographer's website:
https://www.markhumpage.com/Mother-Nature/Sky-at-Night/
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