by APOD Robot » Mon Mar 12, 2018 4:08 am
Flying over the Earth at Night II
Explanation: What would it be like to orbit the Earth? The
International Space Station (ISS) does this every 90 minutes, and sometimes the astronauts on board
take image sequences that are
made into videos. The
featured time-lapse video shows many visual spectacles of the
dark Earth below. First, as the video begins,
green and red auroras are visible on the upper left above white clouds. Soon city lights come into view, and it
becomes clear you are flying over
North America, eventually passing over
Florida. In the second sequence you fly over
Europe and
Africa, eventually passing over the
Nile River. Brief flashes of light are
lightning in
storms. Stars far in the distance can be seen rising through the
greenish-gold glow of the
Earth's atmosphere.
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