Wow...What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth?

Figure-8 · #1 09-21-2011, 05:46 AM

What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth? - YouTube

Good, view.

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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.

Bale · #2 09-21-2011, 05:52 AM

The view of Chile made me so happy, what a great video.

L · #3 09-21-2011, 06:05 AM

wow that is unbelievable

Caramello Koala · #4 09-21-2011, 08:52 AM

Wow, I was half expecting little explosions!

007GoldenShower · #5 09-21-2011, 09:35 AM

The lightning is phenomenal.

Mirana · #6 09-21-2011, 10:36 AM

Real boring. Are those blue flashes nuclear explosions?

tibinstein · #7 09-21-2011, 02:33 PM

Earth's not a bad fucking joint to live on IMO!

Struwwelpeter · #8 09-21-2011, 02:38 PM

That was gay. It wasn't even a good view of Earth, it looked like shit. Dare I say that looked fake? It reminded me of the flying program in Google Earth. They had better views of Earth back in the 1960s; I saw it on a German music show called Space Nights back in the 1990s. You can get a better view of Earth just by buying a weather balloon and strapping an HD camera to it.

Figure-8 · #9 09-21-2011, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by L

wow that is unbelievable

Yes, it is. But then again. It's all we'll ever know.

XD

Vizier · #10 09-21-2011, 04:37 PM

Epic. I could see the lights of my own city from that view.

**zuperxtreme** · #11 09-21-2011, 04:41 PM

Really really cool.

Tachosomoza · #12 09-22-2011, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Mirana

Real boring. Are those blue flashes nuclear explosions?

Lightning.

komokazi · #13 09-22-2011, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Tachosomoza

Lightning.

He was obviously being a fucking idiot.

paulbras · #14 09-22-2011, 09:57 PM

you can fly over the earth anytime you wish with the help of some DMT. You can even go beyond earth and fly in other galaxies. DMT ftw

Figure-8 · #15 09-23-2011, 01:58 AM

HOLY ^ shit.

-SpectraL · #16 09-23-2011, 02:01 AM

You can see the Ionosphere as the light yellow line on the horizon. Kind of like a giant bubble which lays close to the surface of the planet.

Vizier · #17 09-23-2011, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by -SpectraL

You can see the Ionosphere as the light yellow line on the horizon. Kind of like a giant bubble which lays close to the surface of the planet.

Damn, looks like someone read the quote in the OP.

Otherwise, this video is fucking awesome. I can't die without being in space once.

-SpectraL · #18 09-23-2011, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Vizier

Damn, looks like someone read the quote in the OP.

....

No, I didn't read the quote, dummy, but I just did. It looks like we're both observant.

Figure-8 · #19 09-23-2011, 04:03 AM

We're all on a mission to outer space

Wait.

We're in outer space. Yayy! Mission complete. Or is it....? :>

**kite--** · #20 11-13-2011, 09:38 PM

http://vimeo.com/32001208 longer video that gives an outline of where they're flying over.

NamelessNom4d · #21 11-13-2011, 09:53 PM

Are those lights on the surface the lights of cities? If so that's fucking cool. The lightning was pretty badass as well.

-SpectraL · #22 11-13-2011, 10:28 PM

Here's a guy that jumped from a height of over 102,000ft (31km above the Earth). In the first seconds after stepping off the platform, he reached a speed of over 1,017 km/h. With no wind resistance at all, it was if he was just floating in place for several kilometers. Temperate was below -90F for part of the trip.

The highest jump ever (from space) - Free Fall - YouTube

DiStOrTiOn · #23 11-13-2011, 10:52 PM

Earth looks so fucking small

-SpectraL · #24 11-13-2011, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DiStOrTiOn

Earth looks so fucking small

Star Size Comparison HD - YouTube

DiStOrTiOn · #25 11-13-2011, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by -SpectraL

Here's a guy that jumped from a height of over 102,000ft (31km above the Earth). In the first seconds after stepping off the platform, he reached a speed of over 1,017 km/h. With no wind resistance at all, it was if he was just floating in place for several kilometers. Temperate was below -90F for part of the trip.

The highest jump ever (from space) - Free Fall - YouTube

a small puncture in one of his gloves made his hand swell up to the size of a grape fruit

what a badass

Tachosomoza · #26 11-13-2011, 10:57 PM

Earth is nothing but a little wet rock in the middle of a very, very, very, very, very, large ocean.

The Known Universe by AMNH - YouTube

DiStOrTiOn · #27 11-13-2011, 10:57 PM

it's amazing that all the matter we see is less than 1% of what was actually produced in the big bang

if only matter was created, then there would be so many stars in the night sky that it would look as bright as day

Bender · #28 11-13-2011, 10:59 PM

It almost looks CGA.

Tachosomoza · #29 11-13-2011, 11:08 PM

With the sheer size of the Universe, it's foolhardy to think that we're the only sentient lifeforms out there. They're probably watching us right now, laughing their gray asses off.

-SpectraL · #30 11-13-2011, 11:24 PM

What's really amazing is to compare the size of the cosmic to the size of the microcosmic. Space and stellar bodies out there in the cosmos are remarkably similar to the bodies we find at the sub-atomic level... electrons, protons, quarks and neutrons... all set in their orbits just as the planetary system we see out there is. In fact, all matter is made up of atomic and sub-atomic particles, and if you could get small enough, in a small enough ship, you could explore the vast nebulae and orbits of the other side of infinity.

Bender · #31 11-13-2011, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Tachosomoza

Earth is nothing but a little wet rock in the middle of a very, very, very, very, very, large ocean.

The Known Universe by AMNH - YouTube

Haven't watched this in a long time. Watching 780p in full screen is quite entertaining.

NamelessNom4d · #32 11-13-2011, 11:41 PM

I found a superior video:

http://vimeo.com/32001208

Not on youtube though, sorry

Edit: Damn it already been posted! But yeah, this video is much better.

-SpectraL · #33 11-13-2011, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Slice_760

I found a superior video:

http://vimeo.com/32001208

Not on youtube though, sorry

Edit: Damn it already been posted! But yeah, this video is much better.

Man... that craft must be traveling somewhere in the range of 10,000+ km/hr to cover that much ground in such a short time span.