Wow. My wife and I go to astronomical and astrophysics presentations at ASU, love them . The one black holes if comes near you, go! You will won’t regret it. Amazing.
When I see images, such as this, it reaffirms my belief that there is other life out there. I find it incredibly arrogant of Humans to think we are the only living beings in the universe.
As far as I can tell, no. You can check out the details of his shots that do a lot of this: https://www.reddit.com/user/astro_pettit/. Shot from the window on the ISS. This prior shot was on the Dragon Crew 9 vehicle:
Without it being a composite, I don't see how the exposure could be correct for the stars (which takes a VERY long open shutter time) AND the earth with the aurora which, by comparison, is very bright.
Per his description: "Nikon Z9, Sigma 14mm f1.4 lens, 10 sec, f1.4, ISO 12800, Sky Watcher modified tracker, adjusted Photoshop, levels, gamma, contrast, color. I am careful with the color adjustment to render the Natural colors in a realistic way (I despise over board color adjustments)"
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Man… I love space.
That's so stunning!!!!
“Time exposure using my orbital sidereal tracker from Dragon Crew 9 vehicle.…
Nikon Z9, Sigma 14mm f1.4 lens, 10 sec, f1.4, ISO 12800…”
https://www.reddit.com/r/space/s/Y8wMdQA2rt
When I see images, such as this, it reaffirms my belief that there is other life out there. I find it incredibly arrogant of Humans to think we are the only living beings in the universe.
I can see my house from here!