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See a view from the International Space Station as it soars over SLO County

A video from the International Space Station on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, shows the Oceano Dunes and Estero Bay as two notches on the San Luis Obispo County coastline.
A video from the International Space Station on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, shows the Oceano Dunes and Estero Bay as two notches on the San Luis Obispo County coastline.

The International Space Station’s orbit around Earth took it on a path right over San Luis Obispo County on Friday, capturing a clear video of the Central Coast from outer space.

The account @ISSAboveYou posted the video on X on Friday afternoon, showing the space station moving over the Pacific Ocean near San Luis Obispo County to the sandy Oceano Dunes and Estero Bay before continuing east to the snow-capped mountains of the Sierra National Forest, according to a social media post.

The space station traveled above the county at 12:09 p.m., according to the social media post.

The post also include a map of the route, which showed the space station on a northeast track straight over San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay, then Hanford and Visalia, before crossing above Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on the way to Nevada.

A map shows the path the International Space Station took on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, as it passed over San Luis Obispo County.
A map shows the path the International Space Station took on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, as it passed over San Luis Obispo County.
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