from earth, we can see stars. From the ISS live stream, we cannot see the stars. How come?

Question

I noticed when watching the live stream video from the ISS there were no stars visible, in the same way we see them from earth. The ISS was in a night zone of the earth. Does it have to do with light?

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

We can’t see the stars because the sky is dark and taking good pictures of the sky requires some long exposure shot. This is also why when you randomly snap a picture of the sky you can’t always catch stars, even if you do see them.

When they do take [good enough pictures](https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/DatabaseImages/ESC/small/ISS044/ISS044-E-45215.JPG), you can see a lot of stars.