This Photo of the ISS Next to Jupiter Was Two Years in the Making

Part of the art and science of astrophotography is figuring out when certain flying objects in the sky are going to line up for a photo opportunity. And few photographs demonstrate it better than AJ Smadi ’s shot of the International Space Station (ISS) hurtling in front of Jupiter. There’s an incredible symmetry in the dimensions here: Jupiter is about 1.3 million times bigger than the ISS, but…

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This Photo of the ISS Next to Jupiter Was Two Years in the Making

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