NASA Releases Spectacular Time-Lapse Video of Earth

Walking On Air

This video features a series of time lapse sequences photographed by the Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station.

Set to the song “Walking in the Air,” by Howard Blake, the video takes viewers on a journey around the world, over brightly lit cities at night, through auroras, and over dazzling lightning displays.

The sequences are as follows:

0:01 – Stars over southern United States

0:08 – US west coast to Canada

0:21 – Central Europe to the Middle East

0:36 – Aurora Australis over the Indian Ocean

0:54 – Storms over Africa

1:08 – Central United States

1:20 – Midwest United States

1:33 – United Kingdom to Baltic Sea

1:46 – Moonset

1:55 – Northern United States to Eastern Canada

2:12 – Aurora Australis over the Indian Ocean

2:32 – Comet Lovejoy

2:53 – Aurora Borealis over Hudson Bay

3:06 – United Kingdom to Central Europe


To see the video:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=141042671



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