More Awesome Views of the ISS; in 3-D and From the Ground

By Nancy Atkinson - March 30, 2009 at 1:20 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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I've been oohing and ahhing all weekend over the stunning images taken by the Discovery space shuttle astronauts as they departed from the International Space Station. It's the "finished" look of the space station we've all been waiting for. And now an amateur photographer and an amateur astronomer have gone even further with images of the ISS, causing even more shouts of delight. Photographer

Nathanial Burton-Bradford

took images from the high-definition video of the space station and created fantastic 3-D images! So grab your 3-D glasses and take a gander. Not only that, but astronomy enthusiast/photographer

Mike Salway

took this incredible image of the ISS and shuttle

from the ground

in Australia: [caption id="attachment_28200" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="ISS from Australia on March 22. Credit: Mike Salway"]

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[caption id="attachment_28197" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="ISS on March 20, 2009 from Australia. Credit: Mike Salway"]

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Mike Salway lives on the Central Coast NSW, Australia, and he had this to say about the two recent images he took of the ISS, "On the mornings of Friday 20th and Sunday 22nd March I had a busy couple of mornings, with a bright pass of the International Space Station (ISS) over my location, as well as capturing Jupiter (20th and 22nd) and the Moon. The great thing about the ISS pass was that the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-119) was docked at the time so I was hoping for good seeing and hoping I'd be able to track it accurately. I was able to capture reasonably detailed images during both passes, but of course you always want more!" And if you want to check out more of Mike's photography, check out

his great website,

and in particular,

here's more images he's taken of the ISS.

And here's a few more 3-D images by Nathanial Burton-Bradford, who does his handiwork with Photoshop. Check out more of Nathanial's photography

at his Flickr page:

[caption id="attachment_28201" align="aligncenter" width="496" caption="ISS in 3-D. Credit: Nathanial Burton-Bradford"]

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[caption id="attachment_28202" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="More ISS in 3-D. Credit: Nathanial Burton-Bradford"]

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Thanks to Nathanial and Mike for sharing their photography skills with Universe Today!

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com