with the International Space Station zooming by high overhead early this morning around 4:50 am MDT. There are 11 ape-descendants onboard the ISS at present, the highest occupancy since it was assembled in orbit commencing in 1998.
Polaris (the North Star) is directly above Parriott Mesa and just a smidge beneath the path of the ISS. It’s the only bright star that isn’t slightly blurred in this nearly two minute-long exposure.