3 galaxies at once! I photographed the Milky Way and both Magellanic Clouds in this star field from the SpaceX Crew 9 Dragon spacecraft, during Expedition 72 to the ISS. Below, city lights streak across the time history, and red atmospheric airglow separates our planet from the stars above. My star tracker allowed for stars to be photographed as fixed pinpoints while the Earth continued to rotate below, making this detail possible.
More photos from space can be found on my twitter and Instagram, astro_pettit
I love Reddit because in one thread you'll be arguing with the dumbest person a town ever produced and then in another thread there are literal astronauts.
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astro_pettit on August 1st, 2025 at 14:37 UTC »
3 galaxies at once! I photographed the Milky Way and both Magellanic Clouds in this star field from the SpaceX Crew 9 Dragon spacecraft, during Expedition 72 to the ISS. Below, city lights streak across the time history, and red atmospheric airglow separates our planet from the stars above. My star tracker allowed for stars to be photographed as fixed pinpoints while the Earth continued to rotate below, making this detail possible.
More photos from space can be found on my twitter and Instagram, astro_pettit
Southwestern on August 1st, 2025 at 14:56 UTC »
I love Reddit because in one thread you'll be arguing with the dumbest person a town ever produced and then in another thread there are literal astronauts.
Sevourn on August 1st, 2025 at 15:16 UTC »
Well that's about eight cuts above what I usually expect out of r/pics