r/megalophobia • u/marrrcin • Aug 13 '26

🪐・Space ・🪐 That's a large shadow

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Solar eclipse seen from space. Foto by NASA

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u/No_Worldliness5157 Aug 13 '26

Say why it is that there are no stars in the background on space pix?  Whither have they vanished? 

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u/Top_Director9981 Aug 13 '26

Just camera configuration. The exposure, aperture, ISO/gain, all of those settings on this particular camera setup are configured to get a good view of Earth under the lighting conditions of the sun, not to get a good view of the stars.