Landsat 9 (shortly after launch)
Taken by Gordon Mackie on September 27, 2021 @
Caithness, Scotland
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I found out afterwards what this strange sighting was - a flyover by the just launched Landsat 9 satellite aboard an Atlas V rocket.
It was very bright and obvious in the sky. It moved across the sky quite quickly, so to keep the exposure as short as possible (to minimise motion blur) I put the ISO as high as it would go on my camera (Canon 760D, ISO12800, 1 sec). The end result isn't the best quality, but it captured a really memorable moment.
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