Richard T. Par
Happy Mother's Day! So last night, I drove up to the Angeles National Forest in California's San Gabriel Mountains in an attempt to see auroras caused by the recent geomagnetic storm.
While I was unsuccessful in viewing the Northern Lights from Los Angeles County, I was able to catch a glimpse of the International Space Station (ISS) as it soared across the night sky under the Moon...as seen in the photos above and below. These images were taken with my Nikon D3300 DSLR camera.
(The red light streak in both pictures is an airliner.)
This is the second time in 15 years that I spotted the ISS 250+ miles overhead!
Back on March 16, 2009, I watched as the orbital outpost raced across the sky from my house in California's San Gabriel Valley...with space shuttle Discovery appearing not too far behind moments later. The orbiter was catching up with the microgravity laboratory one day after launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on flight STS-119.
It's so amazing to stare at a small bright dot, carrying seven human beings aboard, as it moved rapidly across the night sky. To spot the ISS from your neck of the woods, click here!
Richard T. Par
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