Looking at those looking down
I haven't done an International Space Station (ISS) shot for a while, tonight was a good evening to do one. There are currently 7 astronauts on board, 4 American and 3 Russian. Elsewhere there are 3 Chinese astronauts on their Tiangong Space Station. The Chinese are banned from being on the ISS.
For this image I used the NightCap app on my iPhone, I should use it more.
It was not until after I took this 111.4 second exposure I noticed the 2 extra lights near the horizon. I checked on the Flightradar24 app and found the only planes in that direction were 2 RAF Eurofighter Tyhoons doing some serious manoeuvres over a large part of Yorkshire. A wider check showed many more over the North Sea and further south.
At present the Swiss Air Force are visiting RAF Leeming on their annual joint night training exercises. We hear them every night and will do until early December. Maybe this was all part of that exercise or just showing someone else we are out and about...
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