Awesome Time lapsed video of earth

[JG55]

Stunning Video of Earth from 240 Miles Up

[daddyo]

Wow. It was all incredible, but the thunderstorms and what I suppose to be the northern lights were especially fascinating.

[Will H]

That was awesome. Thanks for posting it.

[ls3_kid]

Great Wall of China at 3:47?

[Guest bkelm18]

Stunning.

[Steelharp]

I just got a blank...?

[peejman]

Video: excellent! Audio: not so much.

[Guest db99wj]

Wow. The lightening and the northern lights distracted the crap out of me, LOL! Great video.

[LagerHead]

Great Wall of China at 3:47?

I don't think so. The Great Wall is actually a bunch of smaller walls in various locations and not a continuous one as many people believe. And it certainly wouldn't show up like that either way.

[ls3_kid]

I don't think so. The Great Wall is actually a bunch of smaller walls in various locations and not a continuous one as many people believe. And it certainly wouldn't show up like that either way.

I wasn't sure and I have no idea what it could be...

[Guest db99wj]

I wonder if it is one of the high speed train lines, still wouldn't think it would be that bright.

[G27]

That's CRAZY cool!

[Guest jackdm3]

Can you turn this sort of thing into a desktop background?

[Oh Shoot]

Great Wall of China at 3:47?

14th sequence, according to list at:

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS on Vimeo

this is "Views of the Mideast at Night"

No idea what it could be. I'm thinking some false color mapping or some such is picking out a long terrain feature? Or time lapse showing something celestial like planet movement, not ground based source at all?

Big unknown is actual extent of the view, is it actually much larger than "mid east"? Also the time-lapse overall timing and sampling? Maybe it's time lapse of the Trans-Siberian RR or something?

What's that really light-saturated mass in far right? If we knew that, we'd have a reference, maybe.

Intriguing, for sure.

- OS

Edited November 14, 2011 by OhShoot

[Oh Shoot]

Can you turn this sort of thing into a desktop background?

Well, you can grab a still, as I did.

Dunno if it's possible with any operating system to have a video play over whole desktop as wallpaper, seems it would drive you nuts if you could.

Then again, that might be up your alley ... I mean, planet! :)

- OS

Edited November 14, 2011 by OhShoot

[Guest bkelm18]

14th sequence, according to list at:

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS on Vimeo

this is "Views of the Mideast at Night"

No idea what it could be. I'm thinking some false color mapping or some such is picking out a long terrain feature? Or time lapse showing something celestial like planet movement, not ground based source at all?

Big unknown is actual extent of the view, is it actually much larger than "mid east"? Also the time-lapse overall timing and sampling? Maybe it's time lapse of the Trans-Siberian RR or something?

What's that really light-saturated mass in far right? If we knew that, we'd have a reference, maybe.

Intriguing, for sure.

- OS

After some sleuthing, that appears to be the mid-east passing into India.

The area in the upper left appears to match the area from the video. The squiggle is visible too, so it must be a road or something.

Edited November 14, 2011 by bkelm18

[bbeck]

Very Cool!

[wewoapsiak]

After some sleuthing...

The area in the upper left appears to match the area from the video. The squiggle is visible too, so it must be a road or something.

I think the squiggle is the boundary between India and Pakistan near Khairpur

[Guest bkelm18]

I think the squiggle is the boundary between India and Pakistan near Khairpur

I don't think national borders glow...

[Oh Shoot]

I think the squiggle is the boundary between India and Pakistan near Khairpur

I don't think national borders glow...

They both have nukes, maybe something happened.

- OS

[wewoapsiak]

I don't think national borders glow...

Nope, so I'm with Mac on this one.

[monkeylizard]

It is indeed the Pakistan/India border. The ISS is facing more or less eastward and is over southwestern Pakistan or southern Afghanistan looking towards India. It glows because both sides light it up so they can keep an eye on the other guys. The bright blob on the right is Karachi on the coast to the south. The bright yellow glob on the left on the near side of the border but right up close to it is Lahore. The spot 45 degrees up and right of Lahore on the India side is probably New Delhi. The lights on the Pakistan side follow the Indus river.

Edited November 15, 2011 by monkeylizard

[Oh Shoot]

It is indeed the Pakistan/India border. ...

Wow, incredible that whole border is actually lit well enough to see from space! Blows my mind.

Hell, we can't even build an unlit fence on ours.

- OS

[Steelharp]

I still get nothing but a white slab. Sure wish I could see what you guys are enjoying...

[Guest spoolie]

I had to press F5 several times before the video would load.