Don Pettit is on a roll. Just days after sharing a wide ranging photo of Earth, an American astronaut snapped an equally stunning photo of a waning crescent moon, or as Pettit put it, “a glowing nail cutting into the sky.”
Glowing nail clippers in the sky; it is a waning crescent moon. pic.twitter.com/zXxkz4k4BZ
— Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) January 4, 2025
This striking photo was taken from the International Space Station (ISS) 250 miles above Earth and likewise shows the glow of a sunrise or sunset over Earth.
Pettit, who at 69 is NASA’s oldest serving astronaut, arrived at the orbital station in September and has since dazzled his social media fans with a gentle stream of impressive photos of Earth, space and even SpaceX’s manned spacecraft heading home. at high speed.
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Pettit is considered one of many astronauts who’ve earned a popularity for creating incredible photographic work while living and dealing aboard the space station.
The club also includes NASA’s Matthew Dominick, who left the ISS in October after a six-month stay. While in orbit, Dominick took an astonishing half 1,000,000 photos, the better of which he published on sites like the topic of his work.
Another extremely talented photographer who visited the ISS is Thomas Pesquet. During his final stay at the space station in 2021, the French astronaut went to great lengths to capture breathtakingly beautiful images of Earth from orbit.
