Time Lapse Videos From The ISS Show Incredible Startrails, Aurora, And Lightning On Earth

Jennifer WelshMar 12, 2013, 03:47 IST

From the International Space Station, astronauts can glory in the beauty of the Earth from above and the vastness of space from below. Astronaut Don Pettit spent more than a year on the International Space Station and took an incredible number of images.

Christoph Malin took a whole bunch of Pettit's images taken from the station and compiled them into time lapse videos. He interspersed these videos with a talk given by Pettit at the PhotoShelter Luminance Conference from 2012.

I completely recommend watching the whole video, below. But here are the time spots where you can skip to Malin's incredible videos.

"intro" — 1:10 mark

Christoph Malin/VimeoEarth as seen from the International Space Station.

"startrails" — 7:00 mark

Christoph Malin/VimeoStartrails from composite images taken from the International Space Station. The bright spots on the Earth are lighting strikes.

"fisheye" — 8:50 mark

Christoph Malin/VimeoThe Earth, as seen through the International Space Station's Cupola.

"aurorae" — 10:05 mark

Christoph Malin/Vimeo

Here's the entire video:

"Making the invisible visible" - the ISS Image Frontier from Christoph Malin on Vimeo.

And some more screenshots:

Christoph Malin/VimeoThe aurora seen from the International Space Station at night.

Christoph Malin/VimeoImages of startrails as long-exposure pictures taken from the International Space Station.

Christoph Malin/VimeoThe lights of Earth seen at night from the International Space Station.

Christoph Malin/VimeoThe International Space Station's CanadaArm and the Earth below.

Christoph Malin/VimeoThe sun and the Earth from the International Space Station.

Christoph Malin/VimeoThe Earth from the ISS.

Christoph Malin/VimeoStartrails and smears of light are visible in these long-exposure images from the International Space Station.

Christoph Malin/VimeoISS astronaut Don Pettit in the Cupola of the station.

Christoph Malin/VimeoThe Aurora seen from the International Space Station.

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Time Lapse Videos From The ISS Show Incredible Startrails, Aurora, And Lightning On Earth