Aerial Astronomy
The Milky Way, captured at 33,000 feet by Alessandro Merga through the window of a 747 on a transatlantic flight from New York to London.
That’s an impressive piece of #starporn.
Of course, it’s got nothing on this amazing photo of an eclipse captured from 44,000 feet, a feat that required a 500 mph plane intersecting with an eclipse shadow traveling at 8,000 mph, resulting in what is still the most amazing feat of astrophotography I’ve ever seen.
(via APOD)