Aside from being a cool looking pic, I think it’s because of what’s in it. From the article:
In this image, one can see the core of the Milky Way galaxy, zodiacal light (sunlight diffused by interplanetary dust), streaks of SpaceX Starlink satellites, individual stars, an edge-on view of the atmosphere that appears in burnt umber due to hydroxide emissions, a near-sunrise just over the horizon, and nighttime cities appearing as streaks.
Seriously? This is not that good, it’s universes away from being “the best photo from space - ever”. It’s not even close to the best from the ISS.
Aside from being a cool looking pic, I think it’s because of what’s in it. From the article:
it has a lot of interesting stuff in it at once tho