Turn Left at Copernicus

"Turn Left at Copernicus" by Andrew McCarthy
printed on C-Type Matt

 The size indicated is the printed area, the print will also include a 1/2" white border for handling and framing.

The sunlit international space station transiting iconic craters over the last quarter moon. It sailed past Eratosthenes, Copernicus, Kepler, and was on its way to Aristarchus when I captured this moment. My camera was shooting at 155fps during the pass. It was only in the frame of view of the camera for about a quarter of a second.

The colors of the moon are entirely real, and denote the mineral composition of the regolith.  You can learn more about how these are captured on my blog

At the time of this capture (Jun 21, 2022 at 5:15:36AM MST) there were 7 people aboard the ISS:

Soyuz MS-21

• Oleg Artemyev (Roscosmos)
• Denis Matveev (Roscosmos)
• Sergey Korsakov (Roscosmos)

SpaceX’s Crew-3

• Raja Chari (NASA)
• Thomas Marshburn (NASA)
• Kayla Barron (NASA)
• Mathhias Maurer (ESA)

SpaceX’s Crew-4

• Kjell Lindgren (NASA)
• Robert Hines (NASA)
• Samantha Cristoforetti (ESA)
• Jessica Watkins (NASA)