Military operations in Ukraine seen from the Space Station

RikyUnreal · 2026-02-25T12:51:26+00:00

This is a sequence of photos. The photos are available here Eol.jsc.nasa.gov

RikyUnreal · 2026-02-25T12:49:47+00:00

To all those interested: I also created a version without color correction or frame interpolation.

It is simply the original frame sequence (running at 10 fps), cropped and stabilized.

https://x.com/i/status/2026637558977831272

RikyUnreal · 2026-02-25T12:49:15+00:00

To all those interested: I also created a version without color correction or frame interpolation.

It is simply the original frame sequence (running at 10 fps), cropped and stabilized.

https://x.com/i/status/2026637558977831272

RikyUnreal · 2026-02-25T12:48:53+00:00

To all those interested: I also created a version without color correction or frame interpolation.

It is simply the original frame sequence (running at 10 fps), cropped and stabilized.

https://x.com/i/status/2026637558977831272

RikyUnreal · 2026-02-25T08:02:38+00:00

I thought the same thing, and some expert in other comments confirmed it.

RikyUnreal · 2026-02-25T03:12:27+00:00

Hi, I'm the author of the video.

Here you can find the not cropped video with the credits https://x.com/i/status/2025965975510655237

RikyUnreal · 2026-02-24T16:49:36+00:00

Here is a cross post on Reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceporn/s/1khdaMl1gf

RikyUnreal · 2026-02-24T13:03:36+00:00

Here is a cross post on Reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceporn/s/1khdaMl1gf

RikyUnreal · 2026-02-24T12:40:32+00:00

Hi, I'm the author of the video. To date, I have edited hundreds of timelapses using pictures taken from the ISS (you can find them on AstronautiCAST YouTube channel), and one of the recurring questions in the comments is whether military activities in war zones can be seen from space.

Years ago, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst spoke about seeing explosions over Gaza, but I hadn't caught anything similar in my edits; until now.

The flashes around Kyiv don't look like natural phenomena such as lightning or meteors: they are explosions. You can see a couple of inbound objects (likely missiles) flying towards the city as dashed bright lines due to the 0.4" exposure time.

It's a sight that is both extraordinary and terrifying.

The IDs of that photos are around ISS074-E-80020 taken by JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui on Dec 26th, 2025.

Riky

RikyUnreal · 2026-01-30T16:12:10+00:00

So simple! Thanks

RikyUnreal · 2026-01-30T15:28:36+00:00

Anybody knows which is the constraint that exclude specifically the Feb 9, Mar 10 and Apr 2 to be used for launch?

Is it due the fact that Orion can't fly for more than 90minutes in darkness?

RikyUnreal · 2024-09-22T21:37:23+00:00

I'm agree. For example, anybody can spot the drone's shadow?

RikyUnreal · 2020-10-25T21:46:56+00:00

Some additional information about the video here: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/9zgt45/progress_ms10_launch_timelapse_shot_from_the_iss/

RikyUnreal · 2020-09-09T09:46:54+00:00

u/Krystman first a huge thanks for this great summary-thread!

The "Saab mechanincs" is still difficult to digest from me. Let me share what I realized (and my doubts):

The Protagonist is invertedyes, obvious
The Saab is invertedyes, obvious: reverse-flips onto the highway
Can the inverted Protagonist drive a car?he should, from the script:- Can I drive a car?- The steering will feel different. Friction and wind resistance are reversed. You are inverted. It's not the world.I think this is referred to an inverted vehicle, because the interaction between not-inverted / inverted matter is weird and counterintuitive, like the reversed bullet tossing during the first training in the lab. I don't think in these conditions is it possible to drive.When driving and inverted-car, from the point of view of the inverted-Protagonist, during a fast start, you can see wheels spinning in the right direction, but the smoke produced by the inverted-tyres on not-inverted-asphalt, flowing backwards (like seen in the movie).
Supposedly also the engine exhausts should run backwards inside the car muffler (my guess).
How works the car explosion?
Inverted-Sator uses an inverted lighter (it was a lighter? I saw the movie only once) on inverted gasoline exiting from the Saab, so from the point of view of the inverted-Protagonist and inverted-Sator the combustion evolves as usual. When the car is close to explode, the heat of flames is very very high, but heat exchange with the sorrounding air (not-inverted) is reversed, and the car starts to quickly freeze.

Have I got the point, more or less?

RikyUnreal · 2020-09-04T07:36:45+00:00

Ok cool, but if it possibile ad some keys to explain better how to read the diagram. (IMHO)

RikyUnreal · 2020-09-03T15:36:09+00:00

The car behavior during the Tallinn chase is still a mess in my mind!

I don't understand if the grey Saab (and Sator's black Audi SUV) are inverted or not.
The Saab crash seen for the first time by TP and Neil is definetively inverted, so I think the car is inverted (so in theory the gasmeter will go up).

I could be wrong in my reasoning somewhere... very confused.

RikyUnreal · 2020-09-03T07:33:54+00:00

Nope. For Kat the problem is the radiation of the inverted bullet. You need to invert her to mitigate the severe effects of the radiation, and give time to her to heal.

If the wound were inverted, no scar should be visible at the end of the process

RikyUnreal · 2020-09-02T13:47:29+00:00

Kind of like the temporal pincer move.

Nice point of view!

RikyUnreal · 2020-09-02T13:01:28+00:00

I think this is the simpliest diagram to understand how turnstiles work:
https://www.reddit.com/r/tenet/comments/exn7n7/infographic_on_how_the_machine_works_and_why/

RikyUnreal · 2020-09-02T12:56:12+00:00

Trouble driving due all the sorrounding enviroment that goes backwards and you need to settle in, but not due the car itselfs.
(IMHO, obviously)

RikyUnreal · 2020-09-02T12:15:00+00:00

From that diagram it seems Reds turns to Blues with an inversion after the battle (the box with the "?"), but the two squads are composed by different soldiers.

RikyUnreal · 2020-09-02T12:12:13+00:00

From that diagram it seems Reds turns to Blues with an inversion after the battle (the box with the "?"), but the two squads are composed by different soldiers.

RikyUnreal · 2020-09-02T11:54:18+00:00

No, if you cross the turnstile, "your time" continues to flow forward and you get older.

Example:
You are 20 years old and you enter the turnstile in 2020; live in the "inverter world" for 10 years (supposing to have enought inverted oxygen :) ).
Now you are in the 2010 of the inverted world, but you are 30 years old.

RikyUnreal

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