Very High Altitude Photography

[Panther_99FS]

http://petapixel.com/2013/06/10/photographing-earth-from-the-cupola-on-the-international-space-station/

[Daveroo]

how cool....the thought of being "trapped" inside a capsule in space has allways been a problem to me...kinda odd if you think about the things ive done in the past...but that coupala and view would make it worth it..

[Toastmaker]

Now THAT would be a hell of a HALO jump. You'd have to pack a lunch !

:running:

[huub vink]

In weightlessness it is difficult to move heavy things. The force to start the movement will be equally large on your body. When you want to stop the movement you will have to apply force again which will also make your body move.

That's why the Belgian and Dutch have developed a sort of camera tri-pod which can be mounted in the cupola from the International Space Station. In the place where I work we have a clean room in which all items which will be introduced in the European part from ISS will have a fit and compatibility check, before they are moved to ISS.

When I was in this cleanroom in December last year I discovered the tri-pod which will be mounted in the cupola to support the cameras. With some imagination you see the shape of a half cupola with the bracket mounted. There is no camera on the bracket.

I assume this item has been taken to ISS by the European astronaut Luca Parmitano last May. So you can expect better quality pictures due to some Belgian and Dutch engineering....

Cheers,
Huub

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