--- title: Moon: Photo Shows International Space Station (ISS) Transit description: An amateur photographer captured a breathtaking image of the International Space Station passing by the moon. canonical: https://time.com/3948830/international-space-station-moon/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-07T22:12:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:58:39.191Z article:section: Science og:title: See an Extraordinary Photo of the Space Station Over the Moon og:description: The ISS moves so fast it's only visible for one-third of a second. og:url: https://time.com/3948830/international-space-station-moon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf715703f53f3acfc/698859f15f570f5314b1c574/station_moon_transit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: This image of the Moon was taken by amateur photographer Dylan O’Donnell as the International Space Station passed by at 28 800 km/h. 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Time follows Kelly and his twin brother, Mark, as they work the test the boundaries of long-term space travel._  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Jul 7, 2015 10:12 PM UTC  This image of the Moon was taken by amateur photographer Dylan O’Donnell as the International Space Station passed by at 28 800 km/h. At such speeds the weightless research laboratory was visible for only about a third of a second before returning to the dark skies. This image of the Moon was taken by amateur photographer Dylan O’Donnell as the International Space Station passed by at 28 800 km/h. At such speeds the weightless research laboratory was visible for only about a third of a second before returning to the dark skies. Dylan O’Donnell  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Jul 7, 2015 10:12 PM UTC Amateur photographer Dylan O’Donnell has captured a stunning image of the International Space Station (ISS) flying by the Moon. The photo, [shared](http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/07/Station%5FMoon%5Ftransit) on Tuesday by the European Space Agency (ESA), was taken on June 30 with a Canon 70D camera placed behind a 2300 mm / f10 telescope, O’Donnell wrote on his [website](http://deography.com/international-space-station-over-australia/). The shutter speed was set at 1/1650th of a second, allowing him to capture the one-third second long moment during which the ISS — which orbits Earth at 28,000 km per hour (17,400 mph) — transits across the Moon. “I take many types of pictures but the International Space Station is a wonderful target and one I’ve wanted to capture for a long time,” O’Donnell said in a statement. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3948830/international-space-station-moon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3948830/international-space-station-moon/"},"headline":"See an Extraordinary Photo of the International Space Station Passing Over the Moon","datePublished":"2015-07-07T22:12:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:58:39.191Z","description":"The ISS moves so fast it's only visible for one-third of a second","url":"https://time.com/3948830/international-space-station-moon/","keywords":["space travel","Space","NASA"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf715703f53f3acfc/698859f15f570f5314b1c574/station_moon_transit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf715703f53f3acfc/698859f15f570f5314b1c574/station_moon_transit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"This image of the Moon was taken by amateur photographer Dylan O’Donnell as the International Space Station passed by at 28 800 km/h. 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