Cook Strait NZ

[glenc]

Upgrading the International Space Station with Cook Strait as a backdrop.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0612/trussnauts_sts116_big.jpg

S116-E-05983 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Backdropped by New Zealand and Cook Strait in the Pacific Ocean, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr. (left) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, both STS-116 mission specialists, participate in the mission's first of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction continues on the International Space Station. Cook Strait divides New Zealand's North and South Islands.

[GrahamL]

Do you think they enhance/blowup the background shot glen ?
I see some shots on the web that don't show anywhere near the ground detail of these .. and yet others that show much more

amazeing view all the same :)

[Dennis]

Wow - what a stunning photo. Thanks for the link Glen.

I suspect the photo was taken using a longish telephoto lens as the perspective appears quite compressed looking at the astronauts and ISS structure. A longish telephoto would “pull in” the background making it appear closer.

Cheers

Dennis

[Ric]

Great picture Glen, thanks for the link

Cheers

[spacezebra]

Absolutely brilliant - and what a closeup:eyepop:.

Cheers Petra