Comments on: Time-lapse video taken from International Space Station orbiting Earth at night http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 07:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Aleš Černigoj http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1218257 Aleš Černigoj Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1218257 The International Space Station can easily be spotted with the naked eye. Because of its size (110m x 100m x 30m) it reflects very much sunlight. The best time to observe the ISS is when it is night time at your location, but the Space Station is sunlit. Such a situation occurs often in the morning before sunrise or in the evening after sunset. http://iss.astroviewer.net/index.php The International Space Station can easily be spotted with the naked
eye. Because of its size (110m x 100m x 30m) it reflects very much
sunlight. The best time to observe the ISS is when it is night time at your
location, but the Space Station is sunlit. Such a situation occurs often
in the morning before sunrise or in the evening after sunset.
http://iss.astroviewer.net/index.php

]]> By: Alex S http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1218143 Alex S Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1218143 I think I saw my house! I think I saw my house!

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1218063 penguinchris Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1218063 It did for me too, and I'm not drunk. Agree with previous poster who wondered why this hasn't been done before! It did for me too, and I’m not drunk. Agree with previous poster who wondered why this hasn’t been done before!

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217937 Noctilucent Studios Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217937 Mind numbingly beautiful. Glorious in every sense of the word. Mind numbingly beautiful.

Glorious in every sense of the word.

]]> By: General Specific http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217841 General Specific Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217841 It's probably because I'm a little bit drunk, but this made me tear up.  So beautiful. It’s probably because I’m a little bit drunk, but this made me tear up.  So beautiful.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217740 Guest Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217740 Beautiful. :3 Beautiful. :3

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217709 Guest Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217709 I'd do it for free- if they'd send me up there! :D I’d do it for free- if they’d send me up there! :D

]]> By: GIFtheory http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217652 GIFtheory Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217652 Obligatory spelling lesson: Colombia, not Columbia. Obligatory spelling lesson: Colombia, not Columbia.

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217518 Jim Saul Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217518 Like showing people nebulae through a telescope, and they expect to see Hubble images.  Only Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars are reliably impressive, even to the urban amateur astronomer.  I have to think that there would be more support for the space program if more people experienced truly dark skies. Exposure, post-processing and light pollution aside, the effect is here is hypnotically beautiful. Like showing people nebulae through a telescope, and they expect to see Hubble images.  Only Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars are reliably impressive, even to the urban amateur astronomer.  I have to think that there would be more support for the space program if more people experienced truly dark skies.

Exposure, post-processing and light pollution aside, the effect is here is hypnotically beautiful.

]]> By: ryunosuke http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217464 ryunosuke Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217464 While light pollution is definitely a problem for stargazers, in reality the cities we see don't shine as brightly as in the video. Each frame is a photograph taken with longer exposure than normal, meaning that more light is absorbed and comes out starker in the photo. These cities are actually quite dim when seen with the naked eye, but it is nevertheless rather astonishing that we can see them at all. While light pollution is definitely a problem for stargazers, in reality the cities we see don’t shine as brightly as in the video. Each frame is a photograph taken with longer exposure than normal, meaning that more light is absorbed and comes out starker in the photo.

These cities are actually quite dim when seen with the naked eye, but it is nevertheless rather astonishing that we can see them at all.

]]> By: Brent Kirkham http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217433 Brent Kirkham Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217433 Wanna see Enceladus, Titan, Saturn, Io, oh and the other moons of a single planet.  Saturn.  Then there's Jupiter, Venus, Mars (with twitter feed) Voyager just left the solar system.  Probably launched when you had no idea of continence, but hey, still going strong. "You want links?  You can't handle the links!" cross-referencing/> Wanna see Enceladus, Titan, Saturn, Io, oh and the other moons of a single planet.  Saturn.  Then there’s Jupiter, Venus, Mars (with twitter feed) Voyager just left the solar system.  Probably launched when you had no idea of continence, but hey, still going strong.

“You want links?  You can’t handle the links!”

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]]> By: GuyInMilwaukee http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217380 GuyInMilwaukee Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217380 We've been in space for how long and this is the first time-lapse around the globe? NASA needs a marketing team. We’ve been in space for how long and this is the first time-lapse around the globe?
NASA needs a marketing team.

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217280 Jim Saul Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217280 There's a lot to wonder about in that idea... if the stars were obscured before even our ability to pollute, say by extra cloud cover, what impact on religion?  Would agriculture have been harder to develop?  Navigation? And while on the questions, why isn't there a live stream of this gob-smacking view?! There’s a lot to wonder about in that idea… if the stars were obscured before even our ability to pollute, say by extra cloud cover, what impact on religion?  Would agriculture have been harder to develop?  Navigation?

And while on the questions, why isn’t there a live stream of this gob-smacking view?!

]]> By: RebNachum http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217196 RebNachum Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217196 Bah. My heart bleeds for the vampires and goths. On the other hand just think -- if we had polluted ourselves past the ability to see, there wouldn't BE any space program. Bah. My heart bleeds for the vampires and goths. On the other hand just think — if we had polluted ourselves past the ability to see, there wouldn’t BE any space program.

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217177 Jim Saul Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217177 Or just about anything else, from wasted energy production to disrupted nocturnal species that fill some key ecological niches. Or just about anything else, from wasted energy production to disrupted nocturnal species that fill some key ecological niches.

]]> By: royaltrux http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217136 royaltrux Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217136  If you don't care for stargazing, you are correct.  If you don’t care for stargazing, you are correct.

]]> By: Stephen Bullock http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217123 Stephen Bullock Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217123 Complaining about "light pollution" seems ridiculous. Complaining about “light pollution” seems ridiculous.

]]> By: tylerkaraszewski http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217120 tylerkaraszewski Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217120 The lightning storm was awesome. What is the city with the greenish lights? The lightning storm was awesome. What is the city with the greenish lights?

]]> By: Jeremy Hamilton http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217097 Jeremy Hamilton Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217097  To be fair, that film looked pretty over-exposed-- the lights aren't really that bright to the naked eye.  To be fair, that film looked pretty over-exposed– the lights aren’t really that bright to the naked eye.

]]> By: royaltrux http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217084 royaltrux Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217084 The lightning was particularly cool. The urban light pollution, while pretty from space, is somewhat saddening. The lightning was particularly cool. The urban light pollution, while pretty from space, is somewhat saddening.

]]> By: NefariousNewt http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/time-lapse-video-taken-from-international-space-station-orbiting-earth-at-night.html#comment-1217068 NefariousNewt Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118179#comment-1217068 Oh, to be able to do that every day, every 90 minutes. Oh, to be able to do that every day, every 90 minutes.

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