Why does space look always black when we see videos from the ISS instead of seeing all the billions of other stars..?

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Why does space look always black when we see videos from the ISS instead of seeing all the billions of other stars..?

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Most of the time you need to actually be focusing on stars to take pictures of them. Go out on a clear night and take a picture of something with your phone, like a tree. It’s unlikely any stars will appear in your photo, because your camera is focused on the tree. Videos taken from the ISS are either focused on the Earth or on something inside the station.