This is the best summary I could come up with:

It’s January 18, and today, we’re looking at the brightest object made by humans in the night sky.

Many hundreds, if not thousands, of people who live close to me work hard to keep the station soaring high and safe.

Astronauts are up there doing basic research, understanding how microgravity ravages the human body, advancing commercial space, and much more.

Moreover, it is a beacon around the world, as evidenced by this photo captured by Kent Christian.

The rig was simple: a Sony Alpha camera on a tripod with a wide-angle lens, four sequential exposures of 30 seconds each, layered together in Photoshop.

So, boating around French towns, partaking in local wines, and watching the space station fly overhead seems like a pretty good time to me.

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