[Giselle]

wow,i spotted the iss with the naked eye tonight. I love spotting satelites at night,but for the first time i saw the iss. Just looked up and there it was..... Quite i site to see

[perpelverw]

I am a space nerd to the core. I remeber the first time I saw the space station. I live in Vegas and of course, we have a light pollution problem. I went out of town about an hour with an astronomy group. It was so amazing to be able to see it's shape so clearly with the naked eye. It's a cool experience, for sure.

[Giselle]

spacecadet, it was only by chance that i saw it. We arived at my girlfriends sister's place, i asked my girlfriends brother inlaw ''so when are you getting a nice telescope'' cause the sky is very clear by them. At that moment i looked up to see if i can spot any other satelites, usually theyre very small but move quite fast. Theyre visable for about 30 seconds before they fade away. i looked for about 5 seconds and saw these huge 2 lights passing between earth and moon. Imediately i told em look thats the iss. It was dark so we only had a limited time to look at it before the sun's reflection faded on it. Good experience though. I think it must be nice to go out in the desert there in vegas... The sky must be real clear there

[ForumMasta]

But, i haven't experienced it yet.

[perpelverw]

It's always clear, but you have to go far away from Vegas. Near the test site up North is insanely beautiful. You can see everything so clearly.

[Giselle]

But, i haven't experienced it yet.

Take a few hours a week and spend it looking up at night,many satelites are visable,though not for long. The iss was just very low comparing to the moon when i saw it