A Gigantic Jet Caught on Camera: A Spritacular Moment for #NASA #Astronaut #NicoleAyers!
“Nichole Ayers caught a rare and spectacular form of a Transient Luminous Events (TLE) from the International Space Station (#ISS) — a gigantic jet,” said Dr. Burcu Kosar, Principal Investigator of the Spritacular project.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/a-gigantic-jet-caught-on-camera-a-spritacular-moment-for-nasa-astronaut-nicole-ayers/
Starting in a couple of days, the next set of #ISS passes visible from the North of England. I'll be tooting again with the hashtags #UK_ISS and #ISS
The passes are in the morning, about 04:00 to 05:30, and some are predicted to be *phenomenally* bright.
First pass isn't so bright, as always, but is scheduled as:
Date: 2025/08/22
Time: 04:43:00 for 240 secs
Est Mag: -1.4
The incredibly beautiful, huge and #deadly #Hurricane Erin, as seen from the #ISS -- that's the International Space Station: