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Date Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 12:35:26am
Author: Lij
Author Host/IP: adsl-99-14-211-77.dsl.bltnin.sbcglobal.net / 99.14.211.77
Subject: What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth?

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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 Francisco, Los Angeles. Phoenix. Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, El Salvador, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Lake Titicaca, and the Amazon. Also visible is the earths ionosphere (thin yellow line), a satellite (55sec) and the stars of our galaxy. Raw data was downloaded from;

The Gateway To Astronaut Photography of Earth
"http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/mrf.htm ".

Virtualdub was used to create the final movie.

You can see more beautiful images of our universe at;
http://infinity-imagined.tumblr.com/


How big is the universe?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tqdc6x7sZY

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[> And astronauts use twitter !!! -- Chani, Tuesday, September 20, 05:12:26am (81-65-192-252.rev.numericable.fr/81.65.192.252)

http://twitpic.com/photos/Astro_Ron


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[> [> It's amazing to look at the line of the ionosphere and realize how thin our atmosphere is..... -- Lij, Tuesday, September 20, 05:04:23pm (adsl-99-137-203-118.dsl.bltnin.sbcglobal.net/99.137.203.118)


One of his that has an aurora on it really illustrates this.


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[> Great stuff. -- AurraSing, Wednesday, September 21, 10:30:19am (NoHost/173.180.105.8)

Any more word on whether or not they'll have to evacuate the ISS in November? Never heard anything more about the cause of that last Russian supply capsule explosion....


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[> [> Yo no se. -- Lij, Wednesday, September 21, 09:16:19pm (adsl-99-31-13-222.dsl.bltnin.sbcglobal.net/99.31.13.222)


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[> [> [> Stumbled over the answer while looking at aurora photos. -- AS, Wednesday, September 21, 10:16:41pm (d173-180-105-8.bchsia.telus.net/173.180.105.8)

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/15/the-hunter-the-station-and-the-southern-lights/

At least that last part of his post seems to indicate things are looking somewhat promising.


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