---
title: "Guy Snaps Photo of Space Station So Detailed You Can See Spacewalking Astronauts on Exterior"
description: "In a new photo of the International Space Station, you can actually make out two astronauts clambering on its exterior during a space walk."
date: "2022-03-30"
modified: "2022-03-30"
authors:
  - name: "Jon Christian"
    job_title: "Executive Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/photo-space-station-spacewalking-astronauts"
categories:
  - "Off-World"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "astrophotography"
  - "NASA"
  - "space station"
  - "the digest"
---

# Guy Snaps Photo of Space Station So Detailed You Can See Spacewalking Astronauts on Exterior

![In a new photo of the International Space Station, you can actually make out two astronauts clambering on its exterior during a space walk.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/photo-space-station-spacewalking-astronauts.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: NASA\</em\>*

## Slam Zoom

The shots of stuff in space that you can get with a high quality telescope these days are incredible. For a gobstopping example, look no further than German astrophotographer Sebastian Voltmer, who managed to snap a photo of the International Space Station — in which, amazingly, you can actually make out two astronauts clambering on its exterior during a spacewalk last week.

"I feel like I just made a once in a life time image," Voltmer wrote of the image. "It's probably the first ground based picture showing two spacewalkers on the ISS at the same time."

Here's the shot:

https://twitter.com/SeVoSpace/status/1508239974893768712

## Enhance!

The unbelievable shot shows NASA astronaut Raja Chari and and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer during a [spacewalk last week](<https://www.thegazette.com/people-places/astronaut-raja-chari-a-cedar-falls-native-spacewalks-for-second-time-in-career/>). Voltmer says that the image was captured using a C11 EdgeHD telescope (and you can check out [more of his space photography here](<https://t.co/cM4214lcBJ>).)

"During the spacewalk of the two astronauts \[Raja Chari\] and \[Matthias Maurer\] the International Space Station appeared shortly after sunset in the bright evening sky over Germany," he wrote. "This image of the ISS was taken on March 23, 2022."

We've seen a lot of incredible space images over at Futurism — but in terms of a shot taken *from the ground*, this one's going to be tough to beat.

**More on space photography:** [*Awesome Photo Shows James Webb Space Telescope in Deep Space Home*](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/photo-james-webb-home>)

## Author
I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production.

### Author social links  
[Bluesky](<https://bsky.app/profile/jonchristian.net>)