This is a time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits planet earth during the night. The video begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica.
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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
- 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
- The Amazon
- The earths ionosphere (thin yellow line), a satellite (55sec) and the stars of our galaxy.
Some believe technology pulls us further from God and closer to Humanism. When I see videos like this, that can only be done with technology, it has the direct opposite effect on me.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — Genesis 1:1
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