ELI5- Why cant you see stars from the ISS videos?

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I’m new to tiktok and I get a lot of flat earth videos. In several of them, they constantly talk about the lack of stars visible from the ISS videos. Ive heard that its due to the light reflecting from White sides of the ISS, but if thats the case, wouldnt that prevent us from seeing stars from earth? TIA

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Cameras are not particularly good at picking up dim lights, especially when other brighter objects are around. Stars are very dim.

Human eyes do have trouble with this contrast too, but not as much as your average camera. During the day or in a bright room the stars can be very hard to see or downright invisible.

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