{"id":4281,"date":"2011-11-18T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T23:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=4281"},"modified":"2011-11-18T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T23:27:08","slug":"stunning-views-of-earth-revealed-in-new-time-lapse-video-from-space-station-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/astronomy\/stunning-views-of-earth-revealed-in-new-time-lapse-video-from-space-station-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"Stunning views of Earth revealed in new time lapse video from space station cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Screen capture from a time lapse video of images from the International Space Station.\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-IgbPsgcAEzk\/TsboNJMN6MI\/AAAAAAAAFNM\/7sL_t6Ri-H4\/s288\/2011-11-18_161956.jpg\" alt=\"Screen capture from a time lapse video of images from the International Space Station.\" width=\"288\" height=\"207\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen capture from a time lapse video of images from the International Space Station. Watch the video below. (NASA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speeding above the Earth at 17,000 miles per hour and an altitude of 250 miles, astronauts aboard the International Space Station have arguably one of the best views of our planet.\u00a0 A German videographer has compiled many images taken by the orbiting outpost into an extraordinary video.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scroll down to watch this amazing video<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Among the highlights of the video are views of the aurora borealis over the United States, the aurora australis on the other side of the globe near Australia, as well as various nighttime and daytime views of other continents.\u00a0 One pass covers the United States from southern California to the Hudson Bay and overflies Colorado and the Mile High City in the blink of an eye.<\/p>\n<p>Shooting locations in order of appearance:<\/p>\n<p>1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night<br \/>\n2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night<br \/>\n3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia<br \/>\n4. Aurora Australis south of Australia<br \/>\n5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night<br \/>\n6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean<br \/>\n7. Halfway around the World<br \/>\n8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East<br \/>\n9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East<br \/>\n10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night<br \/>\n11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay<br \/>\n12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night<br \/>\n13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam<br \/>\n14. Views of the Mideast at Night<br \/>\n15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea<br \/>\n16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night<br \/>\n17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean<br \/>\n18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"600\" height=\"305\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0BEDHqtb0aw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"600\" height=\"305\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0BEDHqtb0aw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speeding above the Earth at 17,000 miles per hour and an altitude of 250 miles, astronauts aboard the International Space Station have arguably one of the best views of our planet.\u00a0 A German videographer has compiled many images taken by the orbiting outpost into an extraordinary video. Scroll down to watch this amazing video Among &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/astronomy\/stunning-views-of-earth-revealed-in-new-time-lapse-video-from-space-station-cameras\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stunning views of Earth revealed in new time lapse video from space station cameras<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[395,528,142],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4282,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4281\/revisions\/4282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}