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Yes. You can reliably see ISS in urban locations -- it's actually quite cool to do a few times. It will be a point of light, moving very fast against the back
by mturmon 7y ago
Yes. You can reliably see ISS in urban locations -- it's actually quite cool to do a few times.
It will be a point of light, moving very fast against the background, just as shown in some of the animations in OP. If the geometry is set up so you can see the whole overpass (nearly horizon-to-horizon) it will still last only a couple of minutes.
It will happen around sunset, when the sunlight is shining on ISS, but it's dark (or dusky at least) on the ground. You don't see ISS easily at night because it will be in Earth's shadow.