FIORELLA BALDISSERRI
Drifting Shadows: space debris

The space around Earth is no longer the pristine void we imagine. Increasingly crowded orbits accumulate debris: defunct satellites, rocket fragments, and shards from past collisions. ESA (2025) counts about 37,000 tracked objects over 10 cm, over 26,000 of which are debris, plus more than a million between 1 and 10 cm and countless smaller, invisible particles that, at 8 km/s, can damage satellites and scientific instruments. Debris also affects the night sky, disrupting astronomical observations and scientific studies. Satellites remain essential for communication, navigation, weather, and research—without them, many services would fail. Monitoring Earth’s orbit is now a global priority, using radar, telescopes, lasers, and AI to predict collisions. Italy stands out in Europe with observation programs and start-ups developing tracking and debris removal technologies. Protecting space is vital to continue benefiting from it without compromising its future.

Author
Fiorella Baldisserri, with a classical education background and a passion for art in all its forms, is a freelance photographer based in Bologna. Since 2016, she has attended courses on the history of photography and completed a one-year masterclass in photojournalism in Rome. She has been published in various national and international magazines: L'Inkiesta, Il Reportage, Stern, Eltern, Photovogue, Famiglia Cristiana, Corriere, Elle, Erodoto108, Il Fotografo, SDN, ND, MC Magazine, Witness Journal, Eye of Photography, Repubblica, Il Resto del Carlino. She has exhibited her work in Olbia, Bologna, Rome, Lodi, Trieste, Palermo, Barcelona, Tbilisi, Sofia, and Tokyo Casale Monferrato . One of her projects was included in Cortona On The Move - The Covid-19 Visual Project. Since 2017, she has received several awards in international competitions: Julia Margaret Cameron, BIFA, Fotografia Etica, TIFA, PX3, IPA, Phodar Biennale, Kolga, MIFA, Musa Fotografia, Roma Fotografia, ASA Project, ND Awards, Annual Ph.A, Belfast Ph, Refocus, Closer, Bresciani Visual Art, Belfast Ph.A.She currently exhibits a long term project “ Cinema on the Road “at the Biennial photography MonFest in Casale Monferrato (AL).
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