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The ISS (International Space Station) is especially visible for folks in N. America these days... click the link above for sighting info, and details for your areas as to where to spot the ISS in your skies.

So cool... I had a listing for 1:10am Sunday morning in my location (about 40 minutes ago), and went out on the balcony... and saw it at about 1:12am on my clock.

It was supposed to be visible for 5 minutes, but in reality, I only was able to see it for about 30 seconds. If not for the building blocking it's approach, I might have been able to see it for a minute or so.

Anyway... that was pretty damn cool... essentially just a bright light that flew by directly over head. When it was right overhead it was really, really bright, bright enough that the reflected light was "flaring" off it, and then faded as it moved across the sky.

When I read that the ISS circles the globe every 90 minutes I thought it must be a typo... too fast, I thought... but having seen it tear across the sky, ... wow... it IS fast lol.

I expected to see something more like other satellites I've seen over the years that are faint, and move slowly across the sky... but this was super bright and fast.

Awesome, awesome, stuff... strange to think there are people in that thing, way up there, hurtling through the black.