In this video, James Drake took 600 photos from NASA’s Gateway to Astronaut Photography on Earth and combined them together into a 62-second reel.
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.
h/t: i09.
asiangrrlMN
Hello, Ms. Sarah. That is awesome. When will you be telling us your next story? I miss ’em.
Lysana
Oh, thank you for that. It was beautiful. And I’m with @asiangrrlMN on the stories.
Yutsano
Delightful. I should have waved.
Sarah Proud and Tall
Thankyou, dears. It’s all been very distracting in recent weeks, but I have a little tale about Ms Bachmann and Ms Palin that I’m working through at the moment. Stay tuned.
How are you both?
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: I did.
MattR
@Omnes Omnibus: Much more couth than what I did.
Omnes Omnibus
@MattR: Well, of course. By nature, I am a diplomat.
MikeJ
I could swear this video has already been on the fp here, but I’m not complaining. It’s very nice.
jl
Breath taking clip, SPaT. Thanks very much.
Edit: I can see my house in the clip! (broadly speaking, with just a tad of slight exaggeration)
asiangrrlMN
@Sarah Proud and Tall: I am OK, Ms. Sarah. Just suffering through a parental (paternal) visit. Ugh. Cannot wait to hear your next story!
@jl: Hey you! How you be?
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Go to dollar store. Buy set of cheap plates. Break on back porch. Repeat as necessary.
@MattR: Turbo mooning is a touch less effective at that distance.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano:
I don’t think she is Greek.
Sarah Proud and Tall
@MikeJ:
It may well have been me who posted it the first time. My memory is not what it was.
piratedan
boy talk about a lost generation….. remember when space used to be “cool”? It’s funny how all that money invested in space led to advancements in all sorts of disciplines across the board in medicine and science and yet it seems that people think that any money invested in “space stuff” is just a waste of time and money, but make sure to get me faster and more complex handheld personal computer savants that keep me in touch with the world….
missing the days when explorationexploitation of space was used as a centerpiece of hope and achievement and forward thinking. I think when our dreams of space died, so too did the renaissance of our national soul.
No one of importance
@Sarah Proud and Tall:
Is that Ms Michele or Ms Marcus? It’s important to be clear about these things :)
Omnes Omnibus
@No one of importance: I am sure that once the time the medication clears her system she will make those details clear.
BruinKid
So the more I read about the Amanda Knox case in Italy, the more it looks like she’s innocent of murder, and the prosecutors are vicious thugs who just wanted a conviction, any conviction.
Anyone else get the feeling she’s innocent?
YellowJournalism
The Knox case also smacks of sexism and sensationalism with its focus on her as a sex fiend. Yeah, I have the feeling she’s innocent.
On a happier subject, I’m curious if Ms. Sarah has any stories connected to the space race. Weightless orgies abound, I’m sure. Or maybe we would find out the real reason he’s called Buzz.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: I think I’m going to need something stronger.
@Omnes Omnibus: Not in the least.
@YellowJournalism: ‘Coz he can? And, probably ‘coz he is?
YellowJournalism
And speaking of unconventional sex acts, why is John tweeting about not wearing pants?!
Omnes Omnibus
@asiangrrlMN: 151. Just saying.
asiangrrlMN
@Omnes Omnibus: I like me some rum, but I get tipsy after half a drink. Alcohol ain’t gonna be the answer, either.
Omnes Omnibus
@asiangrrlMN: Smack?
MattR
@YellowJournalism: Not wearing pants is unconventional? Who knew that I’ve always been a maverick. Time to run for president.
@asiangrrlMN: Ahh. That makes much more sense. Does that mean that I won’t be getting millions of dollars in slush funds money?
asiangrrlMN
@Omnes Omnibus: Ouch!
@MattR: I think it was the tweeting part that was unconventional.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: A Marine is making me buy alcohol tomorrow. This is merely informational. I have to taste it while communicating with him. It could get entertaining.
@YellowJournalism: I don’t see that as unusual. I’m naked with a kitten in my face.
MattR
@Yutsano:
It’s teed up and just sitting there, but I’m not gonna touch it.
@asiangrrlMN: Spousal privilege. (Although I can also think of different directions to take his comment)
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: And a Dawg on your….Sure. “Informational”. Is this the NYD?
@MattR: I did it for you.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Yup.
@MattR: What are you A-Rod? :)
MattR
@Yutsano: So many Yankees, so few opportunities to make fun of them. Damn shame that my fantasy baseball team has both Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixeira, although in my defense neither of them were Yankees when I added them to my team.
asiangrrlMN
@MattR: Well, yes, that, too.
@Yutsano: Bwahhahhhhha!
YellowJournalism
Co-ed naked tweeting/posting. (Cat butt optional.)
Technology at its best.
I’m going to wake everyone up here from laughing if I keep reading and don’t get back to bed. G’night my lovelies!
John Cole
Fuck all. I just want to fucking break shit.
Yutsano
@MattR: I will take every single possibility to make fun of that chemically enhanced whining crybaby serial adulterer on a hot wife two-faced liar that comes my way. And that’s me being nice about him.
Texiera is honoring an old FTFY tradition of going just after the prime of their careers for sweet Steinbrenner monies. Of course he was a fucking god on the Rangers.
Amir Khalid
@asiangrrlMN:
I suspect Omnes didn’t mean that kind of smack. Think “Keith Richards”.
@no one in particular:
Around this time of year, the fancier retailers in Kuala Lumpur start promoting autumn and winter clothes. We’re in the tropics, so WTF?
soonergrunt
@BruinKid: She was accused of killing Meredith Kercher. She was convicted of being an American.
piratedan
@John Cole: JC, please be careful, based on the history of this blog, the most likely item/thing to be broken is your body via some rube goldbergian chain of events.
jl
@Amir Khalid: Hey there, Asiangrrl. I’m fine, but so sleepy I have to go in a few minutes. Hope everything is well with you.
Maybe you can make a comment to help Cole climb out of whatever absurd psychological hole he has dug himself into this time.
Hey! Cole! Did you watch the clip? You didn’t watch the damn clip, did you? Watch the damn clip and get inspired and in a good mood for once.
jl
I think one of the white blobs in the clip over the left is Tunch.
Hey! Cole! Did you let Tunch out again? I think you can see him there on the clip.
Amir Khalid
@jl:
Yep, that looks like conclusive evidence of sleepiness to me.
Good night.
jl
@Amir Khalid: Some one tell Cole that Tunch is out again. I think he was heading SW by SW (looking for BBQ?).
amk
Any news on how the boyz did on the 3rd quarter fund raising front ? I saw politico speculating 55 mil for obama, 11-13 mil for mittens and paultards dropping 5 mil down the toilet … again.
Lysana
@Sarah Proud and Tall: Truthfully, I’ve had better years. It’s pressing down harder than usual due to a confluence of almost-right medication and bureaucratic grinding. And the temptation to blast this comment with the whole sorry story is a bit too great. But I sincerely loathe how my mind is going these days and I pray I can hold on and get something better in a week.
JPL
Morning. MSNBC has a story about nestle’s ad for beneful that has high tones to attract dogs. I played the video for Miss Moxie and she was not impressed. Maybe it was the language barrier..lol
link
@Lysana: hang it there..
harlana
Isn’t it interesting that Perry prayed for rain and instead, he got this? What is God trying to say to Rick Perry?
Lysana
@JPL: Thanks. I’m applying chewy rock and helping others anonymously online to the current issue. It’s helping. I have to deal with the bureaucrats Monday. Perhaps it’ll be painless. It reads like a mistaken send due to someone not clicking the right box or something. Or so I hope. I can do it anyway; it’s just going to be easier if they say, “Oh, I see. You’re fine, then.”
ETA: By “chewy rock,” I mean I told Pandora I wanted to hear Disturbed and let it go from there. What can I say, 21st century distortion rock comforts me.
Mark S.
Sarah Palin apparently thinks President of the United States is just another “title”:
Also, Sarah seems unaware that calling someone a “flavor of the week” is not a compliment.
hamletta
Hey, I just quit working!
I have 150 articles in my reader, but what the hey!
I’m working on the ultimate artist’s Web site. When I get it all in Git, I’ll be able to crank ’em out.
Know any artists that need a Web site?
JPL
Has anyone read The Given Day by Dennis Lehane? It takes place in Boston just after World War I, although there is a character that lives outside of Tulsa. The class warfare and anti-union sentiment is so strong it has correlations to what is happening today. I’ve read about the race riots in Tulsa previously but I’m only a fifth way through the book so I don’t know if the riots are covered.
It’s not the most uplifting book.
hamletta
@jl: Naw, he wanted hot chicken.
Mark S.
@harlana:
No one could have predicted that global warming would turn the Western United States into Sahara Desert 2.
Well, a few dirty hippie scientists, but they hardly count.
Samara Morgan
@Sarah Proud and Tall: the stars must be aligning because the Dark Carnival is closing on us fast.
:)
Svensker
@John Cole:
You OK, John?
jnfr
Just testing. My last comment disappeared without a trace.
Weird, seems fine.
You okay, John?
cckids
@harlana:
God is saying “Fuck you.”
THE
Label on video says: What does it feel like to fly over Earth?
Ain’t flying. It’s orbiting.
This is similar, but also cool video, of ISS orbiting over the Aurora.