A shot of the ISS station flying over the Sun.

Amateur photographers find out the flight information of the International Space Station (ISS) and then use a regular camera to capture a unique moment. 

Picture 1 of A shot of the ISS station flying over the Sun.
ISS station flies over the Sun. (Photo: Dawid Glawdzin).

Dawid Glawdzin, 38, photographed the ISS from his home garden in Southend, Essex County, England, without a telescope,  Metro reported on June 15. He said, I know the flight path of ISS by information on the NASA website. "I use the ND10000 Sun filter because it would be quite dangerous for the camera sensor without this tool. Luckily, the clouds also washed away in a few minutes," he shared.

Glawdzin produced his works after countless hours of study . "I love taking pictures and filming, but this passion started with using drones. I crashed the drone twice in the first flight and lost a camera on the second flight. I was determined to learn and succeed." well versed in camera settings, transitioning from fully automatic to fully manual , " he said.

ISS launched into space in 1998, operating at an altitude of about 400km. ISS flies at 28,000km per hour, completing one round of the Earth every 90 minutes. In one day, the station traveled the equivalent distance from Earth to the Moon and back.

ISS is the third brightest object in the sky, after the Sun and Moon. Therefore, at night astronomy lovers can see the station with the naked eye without a telescope. ISS are usually operated by 3-6 astronauts, from time to time. Currently, a team of 5 astronauts from the US and Russia are working on the station.