The most amazing video I've ever seen. Time lapse Earth at night from Space Station.

[Atman]

http://vimeo.com/m/32001208

Sorry, don't know how to embed from iPhone, but trust me, this is well worth clicking on. You can the aurora borialis from above, thunder storms, everything. Mind blowing!

[Poll_Blind]

1. Outside of the Hubble Deep Field, that's the sexiest thing I've ever seen shot from space.

Hands down. That redefines awesome.

PB

[athenasatanjesus]

2. I could totally see my house from there.

[spanone]

3. k&r..

[Electric Monk]

4. Awesome video, thanks for sharing. k&r

[valerief]

5. Gorgeous. Lighting hits and green-red atmosphere (?) were striking. nt

[Occulus]

12. The red and green was/were the aurora.

Pretty beautiful from space, aren't they?

[Atman]

13. I think poster is referring to the red edge around the planet.

See my post #10 below. There is a link. The writer talks of "airglow," molecules in the atmosphere that glow red as they release energy, or something like that. Separate from the aurora, but visible at the same time in some of the clips.

[progressoid]

6. I'm diggin' that!

k/r

[LadyHawkAZ]

7. Wow. Just wow. n/t

[apocalypsehow]

8. Kick & Rec. n/t.

[msongs]

9. nice if a bit too fast nt

[Atman]

10. Here are descriptions of the various red and green light visible in the vid.

This is from the Discovery blog hosting the video. There are additional links embedded in the original blog text.

http://mblogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/11/13/jaw-dropping-space-station-time-lapse/

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Unless you are actively giving CPR to an accident victim at this very moment, drop whatever you are doing and watch this stunning, mind-blowing time lapse video of the Earth at night, taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station:

Holy. Haleakala. Make sure that’s set to HD and make it full screen.

The video, taken by astronauts and edited by Michael König, was from a high-resolution camera with low-light abilities, so it can see faint sources of light. The footage was all taken from August to October 2011.

I’m so overwhelmed by the beauty and coolness of this video I’m not sure which part I like best! The cities streaming by underneath; the instantly recognizable outlines of familiar places like the Great Lakes or the boot of Italy; the incredible flickering thunderstorms — giving you an understanding that there are always thousands of such storms all over the planet at any one time; the incredible 3D view of the green and red aurorae which you can actually see as towering structures dozens or even hundreds kilometers in height; the stars rising and setting and spinning over the horizon; the reflection of the Moon on the Earth below following along our point of view at 2:50 into the footage; or the thin glowing arc above the horizon: airglow, caused by molecules in the upper atmosphere slowly emitting light as they release energy accumulated during the day.

It’s all fantastic.

There have been plenty of beautiful time lapse videos of the Earth from the ISS — most notably, one from September — but this sets a new standard. Not the least of which because it’s so smooth; the sense of motion, the sense of flying, is overpowering. But the sheer magnificence of the entire video is simply incredible.

[Martin Eden]

11. I can't see the borders!

K&R

[PSPS]

14. The best video I've seen in years!

[Octafish]

15. It IS the most amazing video I've ever seen.

I saw Puerto Rico and Michigan. Absolutely beautiful!

Thank you infinitely, Atman!

[burrowowl]

16. K&R

[FirstLight]

17. wow

and the flashes were lightning? amazing ! the aurora was awesome too :) thanks!

[ComtesseDeSpair]

18. Amazing video but...

I have to admit, it makes me incredibly sad to see all that light on the face of the planet. Look at how we humans have overtaken this entire globe and set it alight with our life-destroying fossil fuels. I just feel sad for the non-human inhabitants of the planet - what have we left them?