--- --- # These Long Exposure Photos Show the Space Station Streaking Across the Night Sky by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Aug 2, 2015 5:57 PM UTC by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Aug 2, 2015 5:57 PM UTC  The Chicago skyline is seen at dusk as the Space Station flies overhead on Aug. 1, 2015. Jonathan D. Woods—TIME  The International Space Station is seen in this 30 second exposure as it flies over Elkton, Va. early in the morning on Aug. 1, 2015. Bill Ingalls/Nasa  The International Space Station is seen in this 10 second exposure as it flies over Elkton, Va. early in the morning on Aug. 1, 2015. Joel Kowsky/NASA  The International Space Station is seen in this 10 second exposure as it flies over Elkton, Va. early in the morning on Aug. 1, 2015. Joel Kowsky/NASA  The International Space Station is seen in this thirty second exposure as it flies over Washington, DC on Aug. 1, 2015. Joel Kowsky/NASA See Long Exposures of the Space Station Flying Across the Night Sky ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3981445/space-station-nasa-night-sky-time-exposure/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3981445/space-station-nasa-night-sky-time-exposure/"},"headline":"These Long Exposure Photos Show the Space Station Streaking Across the Night Sky","datePublished":"2015-08-02T17:57:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:12.587Z","description":"NASA images show the International Space Station as it circumnavigates the planet at 4.76 miles per second","url":"https://time.com/3981445/space-station-nasa-night-sky-time-exposure/","keywords":["A Year In Space","Space","NASA","Science topic","photography","earth","international space station"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/a-year-in-space/","name":"A Year In Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3981445/space-station-nasa-night-sky-time-exposure/","name":"These Long Exposure Photos Show the Space Station Streaking Across the Night Sky"}}]}] ```