Sunday, September 5, 2010

Time Lapse Earth



My inner astronaut could watch these videos all day.

The entire video is beautiful but the part with the Aurora Borealis is stunning.

From Wired...
Astronaut Don Pettit took over 85 time-lapsed videos of Earth from his stint on the International Space Station to highlight features of the changing planet.

This video, encompassing a sunset, a moonrise and the northern lights, is one of his favorites. The camera took one image every 15 seconds, so this 38-second video captures about 9 and a half minutes of real time. Because the space station and its crew orbit Earth once every 90 minutes, they see 16 sunrises and sunsets every day.

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