Photo of an Astronaut from Earth

Apparently, if you’ve got a powerful enough telescope, you can see how those repairs are coming along on the International Space Station from your back yard. Could you imagine if you saw him float away?

From the site:

These two frames, taken with a video camera and a telescope, reveal remarkable details of the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting some 350 kilometers above planet Earth. Recorded during last month’s visit by the crew of shuttle orbiter Discovery on mission STS-119, the pictures show extended solar arrays glinting in bright sunlight against a dark sky. They also likely capture the blurred image of a spacewalking astronaut during the mission’s EVA-2 (Extravehicular Activity-2)! The astronaut is installing equipment along one of the station’s truss assemblies.

ISS and Astronaut at Astronomy Picture of the Day