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

Jennifer Welsh   

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

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

Don Pettit Christoph Malin ISS photography

Christoph Malin/Vimeo

Earth as seen from the International Space Station.

"startrails" — 7:00 mark

Don Pettit Christoph Malin ISS photography

Christoph Malin/Vimeo

Startrails from composite images taken from the International Space Station. The bright spots on the Earth are lighting strikes.

"fisheye" — 8:50 mark

Don Pettit Christoph Malin ISS photography

Christoph Malin/Vimeo

The Earth, as seen through the International Space Station's Cupola.

"aurorae" — 10:05 mark

Here's the entire video:

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

And some more screenshots:

Don Pettit Christoph Malin ISS photography

Christoph Malin/Vimeo

The aurora seen from the International Space Station at night.

Don Pettit Christoph Malin ISS photography

Christoph Malin/Vimeo

Images of startrails as long-exposure pictures taken from the International Space Station.

Don Pettit Christoph Malin ISS photography

Christoph Malin/Vimeo

The lights of Earth seen at night from the International Space Station.

Don Pettit Christoph Malin ISS photography

Christoph Malin/Vimeo

The International Space Station's CanadaArm and the Earth below.

Don Pettit Christoph Malin ISS photography

Christoph Malin/Vimeo

The sun and the Earth from the International Space Station.

Don Pettit Christoph Malin ISS photography

Christoph Malin/Vimeo

The Earth from the ISS.

Don Pettit Christoph Malin ISS photography startrails

Christoph Malin/Vimeo

Startrails and smears of light are visible in these long-exposure images from the International Space Station.

Don Pettit Christoph Malin ISS photography

Christoph Malin/Vimeo

ISS astronaut Don Pettit in the Cupola of the station.

Don Pettit Christoph Malin ISS photography

Christoph Malin/Vimeo

The Aurora seen from the International Space Station.

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