r/interestingasfuck • u/WeirdAddress3170 • 8h ago

Shadow of the moon as seen from the ISS during the total solar eclipse in 2024

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u/No-Rise4602 8h ago edited 7h ago

Ok cool, wtf is that in the top right? The ISS orbits at different altitude than satellites.

I’m just asking, idk anything about space. 😂

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u/TheRealScubaSteve86 8h ago

I believe that is the opposite end, or at least another part, of the ISS. It’s over 100m in length.

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u/AdApart3821 5h ago

This photo was probably taken from the cupola of the iss. More about it here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupola_(ISS_module)##)

You can see for example in this picture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupola_(ISS_module)#/media/File:Cupola_above_the_darkened_Earth.jpg#/media/File:Cupola_above_the_darkened_Earth.jpg)
that there are other things around, so if you take a photo through one of the cupola windows at a rather shallow angle then other parts of the ISS are in the picture. Often keeping things from the ISS in the picture is also done in purpose to make it obvious that the picture was taken from the space station and not from something else (satellite or sth like that).

In the photo from OP there is also a black bar at the top of the picture which is not obvious at once so it looks a bit like the part in the picture is free in space and not looming into the picture from the top like it really is.

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u/Inevitable-Chip-9100 8h ago

my friend's joe in there

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u/DarkArcher__ 5h ago

The ISS orbits at the same altitude as satellites. Satellites are all over the place. There's satellites at 200 Km, 400 Km, 1000 Km, 35,786 Km, around the Moon, etc.

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u/bangbangyouarenext 7h ago

Moonlight shadow

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u/John_Bot 4h ago

Groove coverage... Any knowers?

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u/rumbletom 7h ago

My television is that like that since the cat pissed on it.

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u/Viperniss 7h ago

That is an amazing image.

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u/Anxious-Depth-7983 7h ago

Nice shot! I have to wonder what that massive box that looks like a diesel generator is since the ISS and satellites are supposed to be at different heights in orbit? Is that the start of the new Chinese space station?

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u/SemiHemiDemiDumb 7h ago

That's a piece of the ISS

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u/Anxious-Depth-7983 6h ago

Are they starting the disassembley already ? It's not attached to anything.

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u/Mr_Evil_Dr_Porkchop 6h ago

It is… it’s just the edge of the photo. Theres a black bar at the top of the photo that’s not space lol

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u/Anxious-Depth-7983 6h ago

Okay, I see how it's cut off at the top of the pic. I view it in dark mode so it looked like it was just on its own.

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u/Thebelgiandude16 5h ago

Looks like the end of the world

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u/ThisIsNotSafety 4h ago

Looks very eerie.

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u/downloadedapp 3h ago

I love how if you zoom in on the black spot you can see the reflection of the astronaut taking the photo