“A rare time-lapse clip showing a bird’s-eye view of our planet from outer space in one minute has surfaced on the Web.”
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/time-lapse-video-shows-around-the-world-in-62-seconds.html
“The video shows a collection of 600 images downloaded from Nasa’s astronaut database and merged together by science blogger James Drake. ….
….During the clip, storms over the Pacific Ocean, the Earth’s ionosphere (thin yellow line) and the stars in our galaxy are illustrated as the International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth.
Heavily populated urban areas can be seen beautifully lit up in the dark of night.
The 62-second montage begins over the Pacific Ocean at an altitude of 220 miles and continues over North and South America before sunrise near Antarctica…..
….The images were hand-picked from the Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth which contains over a million snaps of the planet dating back to the 1960’s.”
By: nJayM - 21st September 2011 at 01:03
I have seen most of them individually but not put together in this way
Hi Pete
I have seen most of them individually but not put together in this way.
You may be spot on:)
By: Sky High - 20th September 2011 at 10:57
Jay
Might it be that both still and moving images from space are nothing new? So perhaps your post hasn’t shown us anything we have not already seen many times…..:)
By: nJayM - 20th September 2011 at 10:42
Interesting – no comments from anyone – and I do not imply a thanks for posting
Interesting – no comments from anyone – and I do not imply a thanks for posting to me.
I’d hoped someone would say / question –
– is it genuine (I don’t know either but those skilled in some of the AV tecniques will be able to tell)
– what about the huge visible lighted regions (any scream from any energy saving buffs)
– still on the lighted areas – surely that tells other inhabitants of the universe where there are humans and no humans – which ever way they wish to know
– apart from oceans what about the other less inhabited areas (are they truly unfit for man – maybe)
– do we need underwater cities (has been mooted)
– and so on
IMO when expense such has gone into getting such material (if genuine (and not akin to “Capricorn One” the movie) together we humans should get something out of it as it is claiming to be the ultimate mirror on all of us mere earthlings. It is an audit of humanity/earth that we all should be having some interest in and learning from.
It does if genuine also justify space exploration – going to Mars and further in the future. If it means we use the information to increase everyone’s awareness of themselves.
I like doing a mental audit frequently (daily while I sculled on the Thames) as that’s really what learning is about and trying to avoid repeating one’s errors, at work, in life and of course in sculling techniques:).
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September 19, 2011 at 3:30 pm