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'Satellite Swarm Zoom'

A star trail image made with a time-lapse image sequence photographed by Jonny Kim from ISS. Each image was restored, remastered then retimed using frame interpolation for a short film. These new frames allowed for a simulated long exposure photograph.
October 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
'Aurora And The Milky Way'

A star trail image made with a time-lapse image sequence photographed by Jonny Kim from ISS. Each image was restored, remastered then retimed using frame interpolation for a short film. These new frames allowed for a simulated long exposure photograph.
October 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
'Squid Game'

A star trail image made with a time-lapse image sequence photographed by Kimiya Yui from ISS. Each image was restored, remastered then retimed using frame interpolation for a short film. These new frames allowed for a simulated long exposure photograph.
October 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
These new frames enabled a simulated long exposure photograph of each sequence.
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September 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Star trail images made with time-lapse sequences photographed by astronauts from ISS Expedition 67.

Each sequence was restored, remastered & retimed using frame interpolation for a 35m15s film called 'Space Night'.
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September 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Bluesky why you put jaggies in my jpg? That resize algo needs work. Let's try this one...
September 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Another star trail image made a with time-lapse sequence photographed by Kimiya Yui from ISS. All images in the sequence were restored, remastered then retimed using frame interpolation for a short film. These new frames allowed for a simulated long exposure photograph.
September 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Star trail images made with time-lapse sequences photographed by Don Pettit, Butch Wilmore & Kimiya Yui from ISS. Each sequence was restored, remastered then retimed using frame interpolation for their respective short films. These new frames allowed for a simulated long exposure photograph.
September 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
'Galaxy Rise'

777 images captured by Don Pettit are processed, graded & interpolated to create a video from ISS Expedition 72 with music by Chris Zabriskie. Cropped and edited from 6m04s 4k original.

Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
June 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
'Andes Of Chile'

400 images captured by Nichole Ayers are processed, graded & interpolated to create a real time video from ISS Expedition 73 with music by Chris Zabriskie. Cropped and edited from 2m53s 4k original.

Credit: Nichole Ayers / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
May 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
'Nightscape'

2,304 images captured by Don Pettit are processed, graded & interpolated to create a video from ISS Expedition 30 with music by Stellardrone. Images taken from 16m22s 4k original.

Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
May 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
'Airglow Over Asia'

429 images captured by Don Pettit are processed, graded & interpolated to create this video footage from ISS Expedition 72 with music by Chris Zabriskie. Cropped and edited from 2m32s 4k original.

Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
May 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Each photograph was plagued with hundreds of hot pixel artifacts caused by cosmic rays. They have to be meticulously mapped to create a mask that allows for correction and to minimize their distraction. I missed a few. ISO noise was extreme in some cases.
May 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
'Astral Nights'

4,780 images captured by Don Pettit across 17 sequences are processed, graded & interpolated to create this video footage from ISS Expedition 31 in June 2012, music by Stellardrone. Cropped and edited from 34m57s 4k original.

Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
May 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
'The Emerald Sea'

4,427 images captured by Don Pettit are processed, graded & retimed to create this video of aurorae below ISS on April 5/6 2025 with music by Chris Zabriskie. Cropped and edited from 10m54s 4k original.

Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
May 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
'Planet Pirouette'

1,500 images captured by Don Pettit are processed, graded & retimed to create this video footage of the Optimal Propellant Maneuver by ISS on 7th April 2025, music by Stellardrone. Cropped and edited from 8m34s 4k original.

Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
May 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
'CRS-31 Undock'

929 images captured by Don Pettit are processed, graded & retimed to create this video footage of CRS-31 undocking from ISS on 16th December 2024, with music by Stellardrone. Cropped and edited from 5m19s 4k original.

Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
May 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
'Dragonback'

Photographs captured by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough on ISS Expedition 65 are repaired, processed, graded, retimed and star-trailed to create this image.

Credit: Shane Kimbrough / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
December 5, 2024 at 11:34 PM
'Beyond The Pale'

4,202 images captured by Butch Wilmore on ISS are processed, graded & retimed to create this video footage of aurora, airglow and satellites with music by Stellardrone. Cropped and edited from 11m48s 4k original.

Credit: Butch Wilmore / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
December 2, 2024 at 12:53 PM
'Sentinels'

1,387 images captured by Don Pettit on ISS are processed, graded & retimed to create this video footage of satellites gathering in the light of dawn with music by Stellardrone.
Cropped and edited from 4 minute 4k original.

Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
December 2, 2024 at 12:00 PM
3ish days worth of 3 Solar Dynamics Observatory angstroms from July 2023 repaired, processed & graded to a rgb remix with music by Chris Zabriskie.

Credit: SDO / NASA / AIA / Seán Doran
November 22, 2024 at 1:52 AM
'Crimson Star'

3 wavelengths of July 2023 data from Solar Dynamics Observatory is repaired, processed, blended & graded to rgb with music by Chris Zabriskie. Edited from 40 minute 4k original.

Credit: SDO / NASA / AIA / Seán Doran
November 17, 2024 at 12:06 AM
'Crimson Star'
Plasma dances around the south polar crown of the Sun.
July 2023 data from Solar Dynamics Obervatory is repaired, processed, blended & graded to rgb with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Edited from 40 minute 4k original.

Credit: SDO / NASA / AIA / Seán Doran
November 15, 2024 at 4:06 PM
'Gold Star'
The Sun does something awesome every day.
Made 3ish days worth of 3 Solar Dynamics Observatory angstroms from July 2023 repaired, processed & graded to a rgb blend then color ramped with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Edited from 40 minute 4k original.

Credit: SDO / NASA / AIA / Seán Doran
November 15, 2024 at 3:44 PM
'FilaMonster'
Approximately 3 days of 3 angstroms of Solar Dynamics Observatory data from February 2015 showing a huge filament wrapped around the Sun. All images repaired, processed, graded & ramped with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Credit: SDO / NASA / AIA / Seán Doran
November 15, 2024 at 3:01 PM