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A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever - "During his third stay in orbit, Pettit is absolutely killing it."
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A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever - "During his third stay in orbit, Pettit is absolutely killing it."
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A long enough exposure to capture the movement of the earth underneath, without being long enough for the perspective on the stars to change.
tl; dr: one helluva exercise in juuuust the right exposure length.
And even right before the sun came into view. Awesome.