Wow - Roosevelt Island Seen From Way Up High On The International Space Station

The Twitterverse reports:

On US East Coast? In 30 mins, go out to #SpotTheStation as @Space_Station flies over

5:34pm ET
Charleston, SC
Raleigh
Richmond
Washington, DC
Baltimore

5:35pm ET
Philadelphia
New York City
Boston
Portland, ME

Find out info & get alerts on your location: https://t.co/lzORm4GP4u pic.twitter.com/mHN67JaCDd

— NASA (@NASA) November 29, 2017

Coming your way DC, Philly, NYC, and Boston – will you see us? #SpotTheStation Here are some recent pics of you from our perspective. #OneWorldManyViews pic.twitter.com/9hGPdjmXrF

— Randy Bresnik (@AstroKomrade) November 29, 2017

Here's the view of NYC area including Roosevelt Island

seen from the International Space Station today.

This made my day today! There are human beings living in space! @Space_Station just flew right over #NewYorkCity & I got to share the moment with people who had never seen a fly-by before! YAY for HUMANS & #SCIENCE!🌎#ISS #SpotTheStation #ThanksNASA #NYC@AstroKomrade @astro_paolo pic.twitter.com/H2qfEMuB9Q

— Cindy Chin 🚀📡🔮✨🏵 (@cindylchin) November 29, 2017

Did you see the Space Station? Look at top of the video.

The @Space_Station will fly over #NewYorkCity again TONIGHT at 7:11 PM! Don’t miss another chance to see it on a beautifully clear night! 💫 #SpottheStation #ISS #ThanksNASA #STEM https://t.co/1NURxt3yPI

— Cindy Chin 🚀📡🔮✨🏵 (@cindylchin) November 29, 2017

Wow - Check Out NASA Space Station Photo Of NYC Waterfront And Teeny Tiny Roosevelt Island

Roosevelt Island looks so tiny from the International Space Station.

The Waterfront Alliance tweets:

#NYC Aug. 26, 2017. Let's protect #OurWaterfront and its 520 miles of coast.
Thanks @NASA for this beautiful photo from the @Space_Station pic.twitter.com/r6IOt2SpqN

— Waterfront Alliance (@OurWaterfront) September 18, 2017

International Space Station Astronauts Wish Happy New Year To People Of Roosevelt Island And All The Planet Earth

Happy New Year to the people of Earth! From @StationCDRKelly, @Astro_Tim & @Astro_TimPeake on @Space_Station https://t.co/RySv31alvw

— NASA (@NASA) January 1, 2016

Here's what New York City and Roosevelt Island look like from the International Space Station.

My cosmonaut colleague Oleg Kononenko took this incredible picture of #NYC last night. Enjoy. #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/GWSSTcuiD9

— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) October 18, 2015

Fantastic Super Blood Moon Photos Taken Last Night From Roosevelt Island - Watch Moon Turn From Bright White To Blood Red

Roosevelt Island resident Frank Farance shares these photos of last night's (September 27) Super Blood Moon taken from the Roosevelt Island Firehouse turnaround. According to Mr. Farance:

"Blood Red Moon" Lunar Eclipse last night. 1/4000th second shutter speed at midnight? The redness of the moon does not become apparent until the bright white is gone,

Images From Frank Farance

so you'll see bright white, a dark band,

Images From Frank Farance

 and then red.

Images From Frank Farance

To the naked eye, the moon looks like a light bulb that you've just turned off: mostly dark, but with a faint orange glow around the rim. Of course, what our eyes see and what the camera sees is total different. The camera will tell you that there are 17 stops between brightest photo (1/4000th second) and darkest photo (30 seconds long exposure). These are just a couple photos, I stayed for the 3 hour event. It was nice to take life at a different pace, maybe at the pace astronomers did 2000 years ago. One thing I always love about the moon: it looks different on camera than what the eye perceives ... always a puzzle to conjure about human vision (and photography, too).  

The NY Times adds:

In a rare astronomical phenomenon Sunday night, people around the world witnessed a so-called supermoon, which occurs when the moon is closest to Earth in its orbit. The event coincided with a lunar eclipse, leaving the moon in Earth’s shadow. The combination hadn’t occurred since 1982 and won’t happen again until 2033....

The NY Times has photos of the Super Blood Moon from around the world.

NASA explains the Super Blood Moon.



NASA also announced today that evidence has been found of water on Mars.



Wow!!!

Swimming Galaxies Photo Exhibit By Brazillian Photographer And Roosevelt Island Resident Larissa Nowak Showing Tuesday August 11 At Soho Photo Gallery - Surreal Environment Combines Outer Space And Synchronized Swimming

Brazilian photographer and Roosevelt Island resident Larissa Nowak reports:

I'm a resident of Roosevelt Island and student at NYU School of Professional Studies on Photography. My course project has a very personal theme, developed from sketch to presentation on the walls of a NYC art gallery.

My project is about Synchronized Swimmers having their practice in Space.

Image From Larissa Nowak

I had the collaboration of the Roosevelt Island Sportspark Pool, of synchronized swimmer athletes and orientation from NASA professionals to develop my theme.

Image From Larissa Nowak

The exhibition will be on Tuesday, August 11th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm at Soho Photo Gallery 15 White Street TriBeCa, New York City

The swimmers are members of two Synchronized Swimming teams from New York: Gotham Synchro and Waterworks. I was part of Gotham Synchro during the winter and joined the Waterworks for the summer.

The meaning behind the pictures is a surreal environment. The 12 pictures to be presented at the exhibition were taken at the Roosevelt Island's Sportspark pool and at the Manhattan Plaza Health Club. The Synchro Swimmers appear to be swimming into the galaxies and mass of stars, like they were real creatures that can beautifully swim on space.

The Swimming Galleries Project combine two passions of mine, Synchro Swimming and Space.

I was always fascinated about Space.

Image From Larissa Nowak

I love to observe the sky and to learn about the space. For this project I was lucky to have NASA professionals collaborating with me. I find really impressive that they dedicate their lives to study the mysteries of the universe.

I also have always danced the ballet, since I started as a kid. Looking forward to face new challenges I wanted to learn the water ballet. Then started to photograph my colleagues.

I want people to wonder about the universe, to be interested in space news and interested to learn about the world we live in.

The advice and encouragement of my mentor and teacher at NYU, T. Lawrence Wheatman, for Swimming Galaxies was greatly appreciated.

Take A Trip With Curiosity On A Mission To Mars And Watch Landing From Mission Control At NASA'S Jet Propulsion Lab - WOW!!!!!

Are you a space fan or just someone who appreciates great challenges met? If so, watch these two great video showing Curiosity's mission to Mars



as well as the brilliant engineers, scientists and staff at NASA anxiously waiting for Curiousity's touchdown on Mars. Simply FANTASTIC!!!!!!



Here's more on Curiousity's mission to Mars from NASA.

Super Moon Over Roosevelt Island and New York City East River Waterfront Last Saturday Night- Learn About the Super Moon From NASA

You Tube Image Of Super Moon Over Roosevelt Island & NYC East River

Did any of you happen to see the Super Moon over Roosevelt Island last Saturday night/Sunday morning? If not, you can thank debnewman who uploaded a short video to You Tube for this view of the Super Moon over Roosevelt Island and reports:

Short video of the "Super Moon" taken at 9:30pm on March 19, 2011 on the footbridge at 71st Street and the East River in NYC. Taken with a shaky Flip camera facing east towards Roosevelt Island, with a pan up the river to the Triboro bridge, and back down again to the super moon

NASA's Science News explains a Super Moon:

... On March 19th, a full Moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset. It's a super "perigee moon"--the biggest in almost 20 years.

"The last full Moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993," says Geoff Chester of the US Naval Observatory in Washington DC. "I'd say it's worth a look."

Full Moons vary in size because of the oval shape of the Moon's orbit. It is an ellipse with one side (perigee) about 50,000 km closer to Earth than the other (apogee): diagram. Nearby perigee moons are about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser moons that occur on the apogee side of the Moon's orbit

"The full Moon of March 19th occurs less than one hour away from perigee--a near-perfect coincidence¹ that happens only 18 years or so," adds Chester....

You Tube Super Moon Video From NASA