Panning from a moving platform at night ...
 

ESA astronaut André Kuipers has installed 'NightPod' on the International
Space Station, an aid for taking night-time pictures of Earth. The first
batch of pictures offer stunning images of cities at night.

http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEM3HNEWF0H_index_0.html

David

Panning from a moving platform at night ...
 

Nick Fotis wrote:
Personally, I am not very impressed by the high-resolution version of
Athens - the movement is still apparent (and I do not .

It seems that the pod needs still some work in order to help in shooting
photos.

Of course, shooting such a photo from a moving platform (e.g. an
airliner) would be a really hard task at night.

I could only find one example of my area taken without this device from
the ISS and it was very low res, motion blurred. I'd love to see aligned
satellite imagery as a map overlay. Change the colors and use that to
indicate urban areas in red tones.

Panning from a moving platform at night ...
 

David J Taylor wrote:
ESA astronaut André Kuipers has installed 'NightPod' on the
International Space Station, an aid for taking night-time pictures of
Earth. The first batch of pictures offer stunning images of cities at
night.

"Called NightPod, this device compensates for the motion
of the Space Station by tracking single points on Earth
automatically. The subject stays centred in frame so the final image is in focus."

Sounds a LOT like an auto guided telescope, as used
by astronomers.

e.g.

http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/TRACKED/AUTOG.HTM

BugBear