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INFINITY IMAGINED
James Drake
Fly around the Earth at 17,398 mph in time lapse video if ISS images…..Science Editor James Drake built this amazing time lapse video from the perspective of the International Space Station as it flew over North & South America. He downloaded a series of 600 photographs that were available online at the gateway to Astronomy Photograph of Earth and then stitched them together into a complete video at his blog site, Infinity Imagined.
A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Fransisco, Los Angeles. Phoenix. Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and the Amazon. Also visible is the Earths ionosphere (thin yellow line) and the stars of our galaxy.
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