--- description: Albert Dros was taking a portrait of himself in the Netherlands with the Perseid meteor shower as his intended backdrop. But he ended up also capturing the ISS in his picture. title: This Guy Got Photobombed by the International Space Station image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b067c1517c41c29/69885ebee53aba5ae44df06e/iss-portrait.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Guy Got Photobombed by the International Space Station by [Ben Geier](/author/ben-geier/) ## Ben Geier Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2015 11:33 AM CUT  Albert Dros by [Ben Geier](/author/ben-geier/) ## Ben Geier Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2015 11:33 AM CUT For most people, the International Space Station is a cool idea, but something they’ll ever actually come into any meaningful contact with. For one man, though, the ISS recently became something much more — a partner in a portrait. Albert Dros was taking a portrait of himself in the Netherlands with the Perseid meteor shower as his intended backdrop. But he ended up also capturing the ISS in his picture. Dros’ photograph is republished here with permission, learn more about the [backstory on PetaPixel](http://petapixel.com/2015/08/10/how-i-accidentally-captured-the-iss-in-a-self-portrait/ "undefined"). **MORE:** TIME is producing a video series about the record-breaking mission of American astronaut Scott Kelly. [Watch: _A Year In Space_](http://time.com/space-nasa-scott-kelly-mission/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3992951/iss-photobomb/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3992951/iss-photobomb/"},"headline":"This Guy Got Photobombed by the International Space Station","datePublished":"2015-08-12T11:33:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:21.518Z","description":"Well that was lucky","url":"https://time.com/3992951/iss-photobomb/","keywords":["Tech","Space","photography","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b067c1517c41c29/69885ebee53aba5ae44df06e/iss-portrait.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ben Geier","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ben-geier/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b067c1517c41c29/69885ebee53aba5ae44df06e/iss-portrait.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"iss-portrait","caption":"","creditText":"Albert Dros","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3992951/iss-photobomb/","name":"This Guy Got Photobombed by the International Space Station"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"GoPro footage from Spacewalk","description":"US Astronaut Terry Virts shot this footage with a GoPro camera while on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station in Febrary 2015.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/BY4hBrGk/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-13T15:18:40.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/BY4hBrGk.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3992951/iss-photobomb/","duration":"PT2M51S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3992951/iss-photobomb/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```