Watching the World Go By

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A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night.

via The Bad Astronomer, who makes a recommendation

Make sure you set it to the highest resolution, then make it full screen. You’re welcome.

3 thoughts on “Watching the World Go By”

  1. Awesome. Any ideas which part of the world it was flying over – rewound a number of time, but everything is so alien from such a strange angle

  2. It threw me at first because I was expecting more of an W-E trajectory, but it’s basically going down the west coast of the Americas. I recognized the southern California valley From San Fran down to LA And SD, and then Baja California in the first half of the video.

  3. Ah yes – so the first big blaze of lights is the LA-SD sprawl with Las Vegas (?) to the East (left as viewed). Impressive thunderstorm off Mexico and central America

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