jtotheizzoe: Aerial Astronomy The Milky Way, captured at 33,000…
Aerial Astronomy
The Milky Way, captured at 33,000 feet by Alessandro Merga through the window of a 747 on a transatlantic flight from New York to London.
That’s an impressive piece of #starporn.
Of course, it’s got nothing on this amazing photo of an eclipse captured from 44,000 feet, a feat that required a 500 mph plane intersecting with an eclipse shadow traveling at 8,000 mph, resulting in what is still the most amazing feat of astrophotography I’ve ever seen.
(via APOD)
I’m glad there was a link for more info, because at first I was thinking “composite image; no way a plane was steady enough long enough to capture that.” But APOD is pretty legit, and the explanation makes it more believable.
Also, in honor of my fannish obsessions: Look! It’s the Teapot!
Everyone deserves Sagittarius.
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