pulse Report This Comment
Date: October 19, 2026 08:05AM

This is very cool. Reverse image searched to find following details:

This composite photograph shows the night sky above Mount Taranaki in New Zealand, filled with thousands of artificial satellite trails.

Key Details About the Image:

• Photographer: Captured by Brendan Larsen.
• Location: Norfolk / Mount Taranaki, New Zealand.
• Date & Time: September 9, 2026, between 8:18 PM and 10:13 PM local time.
• How It Was Made: It is a real composite astrophotography image (not AI-generated), compiled from 578 individual 8-second exposures taken over nearly two hours.
• The Numbers: The final edited composite reveals an estimated 14,450 satellite trail appearances representing roughly 1,400 distinct satellites (such as Starlink and other low Earth orbit spacecraft). The small lights visible on the slopes of the mountain are actually two mountaineers descending in the dark.
• Editing Process: The photographer manually masked in the trails over roughly 45 hours of post-processing to highlight how crowded Earth's lower orbit has become.

woberto Report This Comment
Date: October 19, 2026 09:04AM

Liberator Report This Comment
Date: October 19, 2026 10:51AM

Something like 11,000 starlink satellites in orbit right now, and more to come. Checkout heavens above to see their orbits, incredible!