IT'S APRIL 6TH, 2020 IT'S EARLY IN THE MORNING ON A REALLY LONG DAY LIKE
AN 18-HOUR DAY WHERE WE'RE GONNA DO SPACEX RELEASE AND SO I'VE GOT SOME FREE
TIME AND I WAS GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF PHOTOGRAPHY WITH THIS 16 MILLIMETER
LENS WHICH IS A WIDE-ANGLE LENS IT'S KIND OF NICE BECAUSE IT CAPTURES PIECES
OF THE SPACE STATION AS WELL AS PIECES OF THE WINDOW AND IT KIND OF FRAMES THE
PICTURES NICELY IT DOES CAUSE A LITTLE BIT OF DISTORTION EXAGGERATES THE
CURVATURE OF THE EARTH BUT I LIKE THEM BECAUSE IT KIND OF GIVES THE PICTURES A
MORE SPACEY FEEL WHEN YOU CAN SEE THE ISS AND THE WINDOW AND THE CURVATURE OF
THE EARTH SO TAKING SOME PHOTOS HERE SO WE'RE FLYING NORTH NORTHEAST ACROSS JUST
FLEW ACROSS THE RED SEA NOW THIS IS SAUDI ARABIA WE JUST SAW THE NILE RIVER
A SECOND AGO
SINAI PENINSULA RIGHT OVER HERE
THAT'S NICE THE SINAI THE RED SEA
SEE THE MEDITERRANEAN
I LIKE THIS PERSPECTIVE BETTER
YOU CAN SEE THE FULL NILE RIVER
IN THE DISTANCE THERE THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE VIEWS MY FAVORITE PASSES IS
COMING OVER THIS CORNER OF THE MIDDLE EAST AFRICA IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS CLEAR
THAT'S COOL THERE YOU CAN SEE ALL OF ISRAEL
DEAD SEA YOU CAN SEE THE DEAD SEA
OPEN THIS ONE THIS IS THE LAST ONE THAT I HAVEN'T OPENED UP YET THIS
LOOKS THE BACK HALF OF THE ISS AND THERE'S THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT THE PROGRESS
VEHICLE AND THERE'S THE RED SEA BACK THERE BEHIND US AS WE PASSED OVER
AND THEN STRAIGHT UP THIS IS WE CALL THIS THIS IS CALLED WINDOWS 7 THIS IS
LOOKING SAY NADER OR STRAIGHT DOWN AT THE EARTH
OVER HERE OVER HERE
THAT'S THE CYGNUS VEHICLE THERE IT'LL BE HERE FOR A COUPLE MORE WEEKS INTO MAY
BUT LOOKING DOWN THAT'S THE ARABIAN GULF OR THE PERSIAN GULF DEPENDING ON YOUR
PERSPECTIVE AND NOW WE'RE CROSSING OVER INTO IRAN
I SUSPECT THIS IS MAYBE PIECES OF IRAN RIGHT HERE
THIS IS THE DOUBLE-CHECK MY MATH THERE BUT YEAH IT'S THE CASPIAN SEA HERE
THE CASPIAN SEA IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL AS WELL FIRST OF ALL IT'S ENORMOUS IT'S
CAN'T GET OVER HOW BIG IT IS AND THEN IT HAS SOME REALLY UNIQUE COLORS IN THE WATERS
IT LOOKS TROPICAL
SO AS WE MAKE OUR WAY IN THE VELOCITY VECTOR THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE
TRAVELING RIGHT NOW SO WE'RE STILL ON AN ASCENDING THOUGH SO WE'RE STILL TRAVELING
NORTHEAST OVER THE EARTH AND THEN EVENTUALLY IT WILL START HEADING
SOUTH AS WE HIT THE
TRANSITION POINT WHERE WE GO FROM AN ASCENDING TO DESCENDING NODE
SO IT WOULD BE ABOUT 51 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE
START HEADING SOUTH AND THEN AS IT WORKS RIGHT NOW WE'LL HIT SUNSET KIND OF
OVER THE SEA OF JAPAN AND JAPAN HERE SO WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF ASIA NOW OVER
KAZAKHSTAN SOMEWHERE ALOT OF CLOUD COVER NOT A WHOLE LOT TO SEE
THE EARTH HERE
ALL RIGHT THAT'S THE MORNING JUST GOT I JUST GOT UP UNSHAVEN TORE OUT THE CUPOLA
TAKING WITH SOME PICTURES WITH A 16 MILLIMETER LENS AT THE BEGINNING OF A
VERY VERY LONG DAY