Ride into the Sun - a photo on Flickriver

Ride into the Sun

            A sunrise in space is something special. I like how it goes from very quiet with beautiful colours to what looks like a nuclear explosion (which is pretty much what happens in the Sun). That "nuclear explosion" is what brings life and energy to all our planet and also provides for all of our electricity up here! On Wednesday Shane and I are heading outside to install new solar panels to get even more energy from our star. The spacesuit comes with built in shades , looking at this series you can imagine why they are so important! We don't need to bring sun cream though, the white spacesuit takes care of that 😎

Lever de Soleil sur la Terre. Les couleurs se réchauffent d’abord doucement, puis c'est le grand éclat - un spectacle à la hauteur de la réaction nucléaire explosive à l’œuvre dans le ☀ , dont l’énergie libérée rend la vie et les activités possibles sur la planète... et sur la Station ! Elle fonctionne à 100% à l’énergie solaire, grâce à un dispositif de six énormes panneaux qu’on doit désormais mettre à niveau. C’est justement pour ça que Shane et moi allons sortir dans le vide de l’espace après-demain : on installera un nouveau panneau (et on recommencera l’opération dimanche avec un deuxième). Notre casque de scaphandre est équipé d’une visière pour nous protéger des UV et autres rayonnements, forcément d’autant plus dangereux loin de la protection de l’atmosphère ! D’ailleurs, même dans la Station, si on passe un peu trop de temps derrière les 9 hublots de la Cupola pendant un survol de jour (bonjour la réverbération), on risque bel et bien un coup de soleil spatial… 😎

Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet

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Taken on: May 20, 2021

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Sets appears in: • 0 Général • 1 au lever du jour more » • Alpha night • Mission Alpha in space « less

Camera: Nikon D5, f/16.0, 1/1000 sec, 460mm, ISO 800, 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	460mm
ISO:	800, 800
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Metering Mode:	Spot
Color Space:	Unknown (0)
Software:	Ver.N.10
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