Submitted by astro_pettit t3_10653aa in space
Scholesie09 t1_j3ge92n wrote
Reply to comment by FastWalkingShortGuy in My 1st ever star trail from space. More details in comments. by astro_pettit
It's not really to do with the rotation of the earth, the iss is moving across the face of the earth which moves the thunderstorm straight left, but it's also rotating as it orbits to keep the same side facing earth, so relative to the background stars it is rotating, getting the curved trails.
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