I may revisit this edit, but I probably won’t find the time until later in the week, so I present, as-is, the International Space Station passing nearby the Space Coast of Florida with the Milky Way in the background at approximately 5:18am on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. I say nearby the Space Coast because the closest the ISS came was 1,010 km to the SE of Florida (right of frame), and at the point it was no longer visible (left of frame), it was over 1,500 km to the ENE of Florida. Yes, that’s me in the center of the frame, doing the #ISSWave. The Milky Way is not as clear as I hoped. Fog, mist from a rather active ocean, clouds, and too much light pollution all conspired to impede good visualization. Frankly, I’m surprised any of it can be seen. The image is a composite of 18 consecutive images. I shot an initial image at ISO3200, f2.8 and 25 seconds to capture the Milky Way, and then the ISS transit shots were shot at ISO2500, f2.8 and 15 seconds. In order to not have star trails and a blurry Milky Way, I used the initial image as the background, with the transit shots (and me, waving in the foreground) layered on top of that. Post-processing was done in Lightroom, the composite was created using Photoshop and then final post-processing was done in Lightroom. #igsg #igdaily #instahub #instagood #instagram #photography #photographer #milkyway #stars #astrophotography #spotthestation #nasa #photooftheday #beautiful #love #beach #latergram #webstagram #canon #picoftheday #pictureoftheday #pictures (Photo by @mseeley20 / Michael Seeley) cc: @yourtake @iss (at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida)
