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Monday, November 14, 2011

Out of this world: Spectacular time-lapse photography shows Earth in a whole new light

Flying through space this spectacular video shows the earth as you have never seen it before.

Captured from the International Space Station, the video is actually time lapse photography that shows 18 different sequences of photos.

The stunning Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis can clearly be seen with their vivid greens and reds while the lights of the world's cities twinkle as the satellite flies overhead.

Lightning strikes across the globe flash repeatedly while some parts of the planet are recognisable simply from their outline.

Spectacular: A new time-lapse video captured from the International Space Station has shown the world in a whole new way

Spectacular: A new time-lapse video captured from the International Space Station has shown the world in a whole new way

Vivid: The greens and reds of the Aurora are clearly visible in the images

Vivid: The greens and reds of the Aurora are clearly visible in the images

The sky at night: The lights of the world's cities twinkle as the satellite flies over them

The sky at night: The lights of the world's cities twinkle as the satellite flies over them

The images used were released by NASA and compiled by Michael Konig, who is well known in the field of time-lapse photography.

Using a special low-light camera the group aboard the station on expedition 28 & 29 at a height of 240 miles took the photos Konig used.

The images were all taken between August and October this year.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2061084/Time-lapse-photography-shows-Earth-new-light.html#ixzz1dh4tsO12

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