Perhaps the most well traveled socks in history, stuffed aboard the ISS for 10 years8mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
During my first spacewalk, a colleague took a photo of me photographing him!11mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/pics
I captured something most astrophotographers can only dream about: I captured Star Trails from space. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
A View of My View, from the International Space Station. More details in comments!1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
New Zealand's Cook Straight captured from the International Space Station.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
My reflection selfie in a window on the International Space Station! More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
My conjoined camera setup for infrared photography from the International Space Station! More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Orion above the atmosphere, captured on my first mission to the International Space Station. More details in comments!1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
My camera collection floating in 0-G aboard the International Space Station! More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
A photo I captured of Istanbul, Turkey at night from the ISS. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
I photographed a typically unseen area from space. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
While observing the sun through my telescope, I was photobombed by a passing plane, completely by chance. More details in comments.7mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Fish-eye lens star trail from the International Space Station. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
My best shot of cities at night from the International Space Station. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
On my first spacewalk, a colleague took a photo of me photographing him!11mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
I've spent more than a year in space taking tens of thousands of photos, but one of my favorites is still the time I captured a shadow that looked like Godzilla... cast onto the Japanese module!1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
A view I captured of the sun between ISS solar panels. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Self portrait of me looking through the largest window on the International Space Station7mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/pics
How to distort reality with in-space photography: star trails from the ISS. More details in comments.10mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
My favorite photo of Earth through the Cupola, taken with wide angle lens5mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
My camera setup on the International Space station. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
A detailed look at the International Space Station, photographed on my previous mission. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
I captured this lightning-filled star trail from the International Space Station. More details in comments!1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
I took this star-trail of city lights at night from the International Space Station. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Melbourne, Australia at night, from the International Space Station. More details in comments.11mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
I captured this star trail composite from the ISS. More details in comments.4mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Day/Night Terminator captured from the International Space Station. More details in comments!1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Symphony of the Spheres: Using a metal ball for reflective selfies on the International Space Station! More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Humanity's fastest bicycle, at 17,000 mph aboard the International Space Station7mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Many people have asked me if deep space photos can be captured from the ISS. This image I took aboard of the Large Magellanic Cloud shows how! More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
The Gadget that Solved Blurry Images from the International Space Station7mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Fisheye view of the Pacific ocean, taken from the ISS. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Map of every photo from the ISS up to 2013, including tens of thousands of my own. More details in comments.1mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Last weekend I received many requests to show more of the astrophotography I've done in space. This is a timelapse stack of 40 images I captured from the Cupola of the ISS.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
My sharpest 30-minute time exposure from the International Space Station, showing arcing stars, lightning flashes, and the orbital motion of Earth2mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
I captured this T-38 flyover photo of SpaceX Starbase! More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
The once in a century Transit of Venus across the Sun, captured from the International Space Station11mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Last of the Iridium flashes: I captured the once rare iridium satellite flashes from space.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Moon mosaic from aboard the ISS, taken during my first mission. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
My most colorful fisheye star trail through the largest window in space. More details in comments.1mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Jeju Island, South Korea, from the International Space Station. More details in comments.10mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Time Exposure Star Trails taken from the International Space Station1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/astrophotography
One of my most colorful aurora pictures from the International Space Station, showing Aurora Australis in vivid green and red wavelengths. More details in comments.2mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Flying over a sea of green auroras on the International Space Station. More details in comments.3wk ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
City lights from space like you've never seen before. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
My star trails from space showing orbital physics. More details in comments.8mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
My most chaotic star trail from the International Space Station. More details in comments.9mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
I photographed Melbourne, Australia at night, from the International Space Station8mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/pics
Black and gold star trail from space, showing cities and rural areas across the spinning Earth. More details in comments.2wk ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
One of my most colorful star trails captured an aurora from the ISS. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Star Trail astrophotography can be a blend of science and art. I took this image from space to demonstrate that. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
One of my favorite astrophotography pics, taken from the International Space Station. Details below.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/pics
One of my most colorful star trails captured from the ISS. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
How to weight-lift in weightlessness, with the Beast! More details in comments.8mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The closest thing humanity has to a Moon base thus far.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/pics
The once in a century Transit of Venus across the Sun, captured from the International Space Station11mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/pics
I was at the EFT-1 launch last week. Took a bunch of photos mostly B&W; my favorite kind 10yr ⋅ @astro_Pettit
Been cloudy; have not seen new Comet Lovejoy. Here is photo of another Comet Lovejoy from ISS we took in 12-2011 10yr ⋅ @astro_Pettit
Cloud City Skyline: shadow cast by cloud tops onto other clouds from low angle illumination by the sun. 12yr ⋅ @astro_Pettit
Space Monster - right outside space station. My boys thought he looked like Godzilla. 12yr ⋅ @astro_Pettit
