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svarogteuse t1_je22qxr wrote

Pictures of other objects in space, say astronauts, are taken in the daylight so said foreground objects are lit. You don't see stars in the daylight on Earth (or large cities with lots of light pollution) either because they are to faint. Same thing applies to space.

The sky is black because the bright sun light is not scattered producing blue not because its dark.

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Suitable-Victory-105 OP t1_je23nbs wrote

Does this mean that at night, we would be able to see stars when the earth is blocking the sunlight from us?

Edit: reworded the question better.

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Fantastic_Jason t1_je24hhw wrote

All of them except the sun. 😂

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BProbe t1_je4j58v wrote

Akshuallyyyyyyy... You gotta think about the portion of the "sky" that the Earth itself blocks, so basically 1/2 of them at any given time.

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Rich_Firefighter_269 t1_je35gsp wrote

Go and drive out to the least populated place you can feasibly go. The less lights from houses, cities, cars the better.

There is literally a river of stars in the night sky aka the Milky Way. It will change your life when you see it.

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svarogteuse t1_je26e01 wrote

Yes. However you also likely need a camera taking a longer exposure or with a more sensitive sensor that those use for daylight photos, just like you need on Earth.

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Nerull t1_je2h14d wrote

You don't actually need Earth blocking the sun for you, you just need to look away from the sun and anything lit by the sun.

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DrSartorius t1_je30enk wrote

OMG!! is it always Daylight in space?? wow

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svarogteuse t1_je4upzo wrote

No one suggested its always daylight in space. However its almost always daylight when/where we take photos because all black doesnt make good copy.

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