American astronaut Matthew Dominick took fascinating photos of the ISS space station: he captured the sunrise, which was a fantastic sight for the Milky Way…
The main belt of the Milky Way is perfectly emphasized in the image. The ISS was flying over Europe at that time. The astronaut has the opportunity to experience beautiful sunrises much more often: astronauts experience such a magical moment not once a day, but every 90 minutes in space.
16 Sunrises and Sunsets on the ISS
Why do astronauts experience sunrises so often in space? “The International Space Station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes. The astronauts experience the sunrise and sunset sixteen times in one day,” the German Aerospace Center (DLR) explains on its website.
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