Most amazing time lapse I've ever seen. Earth from space

[Graeme Nattress]

Incredible.

Graeme

 

[John Marchant]

Fantastic images. Inspiring, yet galling in one way; with many great images I see I can put myself in the photographer's shoes and feel close to what they did. This is another league.

 

[Brandon J.F.]

Amazing stuff. Definitely sharing this.

 

[C.H.Haskell]

Incredible. Thank you.

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

For me the most fascinated were night shots over Italy where far away I can see even Ibiza lights,

than Adriatic See & Coast, Ex-Yugoslavian separated countries (Balkans) and one another over Middle East.

All shot with NIKON D3S S/N: 2007934 and AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED @ f/2.8, 17mm, ISO 12800, Shutter 1.3,...

Spaceshot over Italy and far away I can see even Ibiza lights, than Adriatic See & Coast, Ex-Yugoslavian (sadly) separated countries (Balkans)

Spaceshot over Middle East

More about camera files

NASA PHOTO ID: iss029e032060.NEF

GMT: 2011:10:21 19:53:26

MODEL: NIKON D3S S/N: 2007934

NASA SN and Temp: NASA#2007934

Firmware: Ver.1.00

Image Size: 4288x2844

Compression: Nikon NEF Compressed

Exposure Program: Manual

Shutter: 1.3

Aperture: 2.8

Meter Mode: Multi-segment

Shooting Mode: Single-Frame

ISO Speed: 12800

AF Area Mode: Single Area

Focal Length: 17.0 mm

Lens ID: AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

DOF: inf (1.90 m - inf)

Focus Mode: Manual

Focus Distance: 4.22 m

Subject Distance Range: Unknown

Compensation: 0

Noise Reduction: FPNR

Whitebalance: Auto

Flash: No Flash

Flash Mode: Did Not Fire

Flash Commander Mode: Off

Flash Compensation: 0

Flash Control Mode: Off

Flash Group A Control Mode: Off

Flash Group B Control Mode: Off

Self Timer Time: 10 s

http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/camera/ISS029/ISS029-E-32060.txt

 

[Scott Snare]

Stunning! Love the night lightning.

 

[Bud Anderson]

What I don't get is why there is a glowing thin green or red band on top of the atmosphere in most of these shots? Even in areas well away from the poles. Do auroras charge the entire upper atmosphere throughout the hemisphere?

Also in some shots, it looks like the auroras are getting pretty close to touching down. I have heard that the Inuits say that auroras do touch the earth's surface but others say no.

Any comments from you Arctic rats out there?

 

[Andrew Walker]

For me the most fascinated were night shots over Italy where far away I can see even Ibiza lights,

than Adriatic See & Coast, Ex-Yugoslavian separated countries (Balkans) and one another over Middle East.

All shot with NIKON D3S S/N: 2007934 and AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED @ f/2.8, 17mm, ISO 12800, Shutter 1.3,...

Spaceshot over Italy and far away I can see even Ibiza lights, than Adriatic See & Coast, Ex-Yugoslavian (sadly) separated countries (Balkans)

Spaceshot over Middle East

More about camera files

NASA PHOTO ID: iss029e032060.NEF

GMT: 2011:10:21 19:53:26

MODEL: NIKON D3S S/N: 2007934

NASA SN and Temp: NASA#2007934

Firmware: Ver.1.00

Image Size: 4288x2844

Compression: Nikon NEF Compressed

Exposure Program: Manual

Shutter: 1.3

Aperture: 2.8

Meter Mode: Multi-segment

Shooting Mode: Single-Frame

ISO Speed: 12800

AF Area Mode: Single Area

Focal Length: 17.0 mm

Lens ID: AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

DOF: inf (1.90 m - inf)

Focus Mode: Manual

Focus Distance: 4.22 m

Subject Distance Range: Unknown

Compensation: 0

Noise Reduction: FPNR

Whitebalance: Auto

Flash: No Flash

Flash Mode: Did Not Fire

Flash Commander Mode: Off

Flash Compensation: 0

Flash Control Mode: Off

Flash Group A Control Mode: Off

Flash Group B Control Mode: Off

Self Timer Time: 10 s

http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/camera/ISS029/ISS029-E-32060.txt

Thanks for the info. Always nice to see settings for a shot like this.

 

[Kemalettin Sert]

yes sanjin i wrote these under the video but that guy doesnt even whats exif..
these timelapses shot on D3s.....

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

What I don't get is why there is a glowing thin green or red band on top of the atmosphere in most of these shots? Even in areas well away from the poles. Do auroras charge the entire upper atmosphere throughout the hemisphere?

I would make sense that solar wind lands all over the planet, though in far greater concentration at the poles due to the magnetosphere. So it makes sense to see exited particles all over, just not enough away from the poles to see the glow with the naked eye, or catch with a camera at 'normal' exposures; never enough to see from earth away from the poles due to the atmosphere. But with these long exposures and nothing in the way...

 

[Bruce Allen]

You can download the images yourself and make your own higher-res version!

http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Videos/CrewEarthObservationsVideos/

Nice to see tax dollars going towards footage we can use - instead of paying policemen to chase us and stop us from filming as usual

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

 

[Raphael Varandas]

Extraordinary...thanks for sharing.
Cheers

 

[Jack Cooper]

Stunning! Love the night lightning.

Scott.

Yes, that lightning was totally wicked...I've been on airplanes when you can see the clouds below doing the same thing...Pretty surreal.

 

[nigelsmith]

Wow.
Stunning.
Thanks for the links guys.
nigel