This was the scene at Fort Lincoln at around eleven o’clock Tuesday night. What you can’t see is me eating sunflower seeds and slammin’ Mountain Dew with my friend Jerry. What you can see, however, is a composite of four long exposures of the ISS and shuttle going past. The shuttle was a little behind the space station, as it is no longer docked. They were overhead for a minute or two, then went into the shadows before they hit the horizon. That’s why the left end of the trail kinda fades into obscurity.

These objects are BRIGHT in the night sky and travel very quickly. If you’re interested in more information on when the ISS may pass over Bismarck again (other than Thursday night at around 10:30) and see a photo of it streaking past the ND State Capitol Building, click here.