Space station photography

[Byker28i]

Wow. Soichi Noguchi is on the international space station, and has taken to taking some pretty amazing photos and uploading them to his Twitter photo account. Sometimes they are quite topical.

http://twitpic.com/photos/Astro_Soichi

 

[Byker28i]

Wow salt desert in Iraq

Arabian desert

 

[Byker28i]

Nikon D2Xs and is that a sigma 800mm lens?

 

[david700]

That would just be the ultimate toggers trip - extreme landscape shots or what !!

 

[mark_farrell]

I think he needs some interest in the foreground...

 

[andy_fozzy]

What is he hoping to acheive with the flash

 

[Byker28i]

What is he hoping to acheive with the flash

have you ever seen a Japanese tourist without a flash on the camera?

 

[Byker28i]

Irrigation in the desert

and you can see the pyramids from space

 

[andy_fozzy]

have you ever seen a Japanese tourist without a flash on the camera?

Good point!

 

[Tamar Photography]

become a radio ham and you can speak to the space station..

 

[dinners]

Quite addictive looking at those.

 

[darkpokemon]

i cant stop looking at those pictures

 

[Lynton]

become a radio ham and you can speak to the space station..

Do they answer back?

What a cool job (being on the ISS that is!) - I guess someone has to do it!

 

[Cameraman]

PAC MAN........LOL

http://twitpic.com/17kgyx

 

[llonen]

Yes they do answer back,

M1CTY

 

[Tamar Photography]

Defo 73 M3UHQ