# Don Pettit's Staggering Photo Confounds Skeptics

> Astronaut Don Pettit takes photos so good that people have a hard time believing they are real. Case in point, a stunning image of the Milky Way Galaxy as the Earth zooms below Pettit’s International Space Station…

- **Source:** [Petapixel](https://petapixel.com/2026/08/06/don-pettits-staggering-photo-confounds-skeptics/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a74a76eafd40013a6d50937)
- **Published:** 2026-08-06
- **Category:** Cameras
- **Tags:** #galaxy
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