mercredi 27 juin 2012

Earth at night, as seen from the ISS


What can the members of the International Space Station staff possibly do when they are not conducting cool zero-gravity experiments or cleaning up the mess? They look through the window and take spectacular pictures. These time lapse videos show the dense urban areas and the desert parts of the planet, as well as atmospheric phenomena, such as lightening and aurorae.



Numerous other amzing pictures are available on the NASA's website.




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