If you are not in love with our planet Earth, I guarantee you will be after you watch these two videos. (Choose the highest quality your hardware allows, relax and enjoy!)
By: David Peterson
Originally Published on Dec 3, 2013
Serving Suggestion: 1080p, lights off, volume up. Even better, go ‘Original’ for 4K.
Images: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/
Music: ‘Fill My Heart’ by Two Steps from Hell
Editor: David Peterson
Optional Extras: View in 4K by selecting ‘Original HD’ in settings.
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This montage of time-lapse photography from the International Space Station is collected from many taken in Expeditions 29, 30 and 31.
The previous sequence, ‘All Alone In The Night’ (http://youtu.be/FG0fTKAqZ5g), highlighted night sequences and spectacular aurora light shows and intended to give a feeling of flying through space.
The goal with this sequence was to bring a bit more attention to the station itself, including the humans aboard it, particularly Don Pettit (appearing in the final shot) who took many of the sequences in this montage.
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Sequences:
0:03 – Bosnia & Herzegovina to Ukraine
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 55446-55591
0:08 – South Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Liberia
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 154281-154472
0:16 – Greece and Turkey
Mission ISS031, Frames: 26008-26202
0:24 – South Pacific Ocean, near Peru
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 48993-49186
0:32 – Turkey to Syria
Mission: ISS031, Frame: 76590-76782
0:39 – Libya to the Mediterranean
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 25782-25972
0:47 – Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Madagascar
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 50818-51010
0:54 – Pacific Ocean, south of Japan
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 117700-117772
0:58 – Pacific Ocean, facing North passing Hawaii
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 101027-101674
1:02 – China, Japan, Pacific Ocean
Mission: ISS030, Frames: 112458-112553
1:06 – South Pacific to North Atlantic, across Colombia/Venezuela
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 75421-75513
1:10 – South Pacific to South Atlantic, across Chile/Argentina
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 42147-42242
1:14 – South Pacific to North Atlantic, across Colombia/Venezuela
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 48140-48199
1:17 – Pacific Ocean, from New Zealand to USA
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 66043-66136
1:22 – Southern Chile to Angola, facing south
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 49203-49277
1:25 – Iran to Australia
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 180064-180120
1:29 – North America to South America
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 180172-180222
1:33 – Pacific Ocean to Chile/Argentina/Brazil, facing south
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 48094-48139
1:37 – South Pacific/Japan & North Pacific
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 154164-154204,154205-154256
1:40 – South Pacific to South Atlantic, across Chile/Argentina/Brazil
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 44598-44645
1:44 – South Pacific to North Atlantic, across Chile/Argentina/Brazil
Mission: ISS030, Frames: 159064-159113
1:48 – India/Thailand/Indonesia/Australia/New Zealand
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 177704-177764
1:52 – South Pacific to South Atlantic, across Chile/Argentina/Brazil
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 37675-37735
1:56 – DR Congo/Zambia/Mozambique/Madagascar/India
Mission: ISS030, Frames: 21632-21819
2:03 – Lovejoy Comet over Australia
Mission: ISS030, Frames: 14225-14455
2:11 – Moon rising over China
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 27699-27763
2:13 – Moon rising over Pacific Ocean, south of Japan
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 27468-27526
2:14 – Moon rising over Taiwan & Philippines (with Don Pettit)
Mission: ISS031, Frames: 27802-28017
Second Video: All Alone in the Night – Time-lapse footage of the Earth as seen from the ISS
By: David Peterson
Originally Uploaded on Oct 6, 2011
Images: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/
Music: ‘Freedom Fighters’ by Two Steps from Hell
Inspiration: http://youtu.be/74mhQyuyELQ
Editor: David Peterson
Serving Suggestion: 1080p, lights off, volume up 🙂
Inspired by a version of the opening sequence of this clip called ‘What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth?’, I tracked down the original time-lapse sequence taken on the International Space Station (ISS) via NASA, found some additional ones there, including the spectacular Aurora Australis sequences, and set it to a soundtrack that almost matches the awe and wonder I feel when I see our home from above.
To those brave men and women who fly alone in the night to take us to the stars, we salute you.
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Sequences:
1. North-to-south down the western coast of North and South America.
2. North-to-south over Florida, the Bahamas and other Caribbean islands.
3. South-East Asia, approaching the Philippine Sea
4. Western Europe, from France through Italy, Greece, Turkey and the Middle East.
5. Aurora Australis, over the Indian Ocean, approaching Australia
6. Aurora Australis, over the Indian Ocean.
7. Aurora Australis, unknown location in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Featured on NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day!
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120305.html
Explanation from NASA: Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. A compilation of such visual spectacles was captured recently from the International Space Station (ISS) and set to rousing music. Passing below are white clouds, orange city lights, lightning flashes in thunderstorms, and dark blue seas. On the horizon is the golden haze of Earth’s thin atmosphere, frequently decorated by dancing auroras as the video progresses. The green parts of auroras typically remain below the space station, but the station flies right through the red and purple auroral peaks. Solar panels of the ISS are seen around the frame edges. The ominous wave of approaching brightness at the end of each sequence is just the dawn of the sunlit half of Earth, a dawn that occurs every 90 minutes.