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video credit: NASA, Gateway to Astronaut Photography; . music: The Low Seas (The 126ers)



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

































in apod.nasa.gov/apod