The International Space Station recently captured an unusual view of New Zealand. The station travelled through low Earth orbit. At that time, it was moving over the country.
The station collected several images of New Zealand while travelling through low Earth orbit. Some unusual things can be noticed in those pictures.
The International Space Station posted a video about this on its official Twitter page. The video, posted by the Twitter account @ISSAaboveYou, shows images of New Zealand collected from a bird’s eye view.
Images of it are collected from the Bar Eye View while travelling in low Earth orbit. First from under the South Island and then up to the North Island, the station observed New Zealand and collected many images.
It seems unusual that the film shows New Zealand from the opposite perspective. The space station was pre-rotated by about 180° in preparation for the ‘space walk’. This is basically why New Zealand is shown in the opposite direction.
NASA said two flight engineers were working inside the station at 11:00 p.m. New Zealand time. One of them is Josh Casada, and the other is Frank Rubio.
They will work continuously for about seven hours to assemble the space station’s power generation system and necessary equipment. These two engineers are engaged in important work in the starboard part of the station.