During April 2015 the International Space Station (ISS) was passing over Scotland. One evening (Sunday 12/Apr/2015 to be precise) I set up just outside of Kilchoman Church to capture a pass over Islay. Unfortunately I was interrupted by a passing car just as the ISS started to appear, but luckily managed to still capture the majority of the pass. This is a composite of 14 images covering approximately 2 minutes, hence the movement of the stars resulting in short startrails as well.
Islay Pictures Photoblog
Pictures from the Isle of Islay, Scotland
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this is awesome, Armin!
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RT @islayblog: Good morning with a picture of the International Space Station (ISS) passing over Kilchoman, Isle of Islay islay.org.uk/2015/04/21/int…
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RT @islayblog: Good morning with a picture of the International Space Station (ISS) passing over Kilchoman, Isle of Islay islay.org.uk/2015/04/21/int…
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Brilliant!
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RT @islayblog: Good morning with a picture of the International Space Station (ISS) passing over Kilchoman, Isle of Islay islay.org.uk/2015/04/21/int…
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RT @islayblog: Good morning with a picture of the International Space Station (ISS) passing over Kilchoman, Isle of Islay islay.org.uk/2015/04/21/int…
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Thank you Markus and Konrad!
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I check it almost every evening – 2-6 minutes passes on a clear night – simply outstanding. People are up there in that tiny space station… for a year! Mind-boggling for someone who remembers the first Sputnik very clearly.
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+Celia Lewis I wasn’t even a twinkle in my father’s eye back then, but I’ve been listening to Public Service Broadcasting’s excellent album The Race For Space a lot recently….
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+Armin Grewe – would that be online, that I could access? Sounds interesting. It was – absolutely – a race for space when I was a kid. Lots of political posturing going on…
+Celia Lewis try this post, it should allow you to listen to the album once: https://plus.google.com/+ArminGrewe/posts/A3Q4D44HicR
+Celia Lewis also check their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/PSBHQ
In April 2016 the International Space Station (ISS) was passing over Islay again (see also this picture for an ISS pass over Kilchoman in April 2015), unfortunately it was still fairly light during this pass over Loch Indaal. However, the picture came out better than I had hoped so I decided to share it. The view is south from Port Charlotte pier with the ISS passing from west to east. The Oa in the far distance, Laggan point towards the left of centre. The rocks below Port Charlotte’s Shore Street on the right.
This is a composite picture of 38 images covering just under three minutes, hence the short startrails of the few already visible stars moving across the sky.
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