Comments on: Time-lapse video from ISS http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Tyson Brown http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1270998 Tyson Brown Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1270998 It's the border between Pakistan and India It’s the border between Pakistan and India

]]> By: Culturedropout http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1270011 Culturedropout Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1270011 As others said, it's the India/Pakistan border: http://g.co/maps/76nj8 As others said, it’s the India/Pakistan border:

http://g.co/maps/76nj8

]]> By: alfredo_tomato http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269827 alfredo_tomato Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269827 The real name for those lights are "Blue Jets." There are "Red Sprites" too.  they are associated with lightning.   The real name for those lights are “Blue Jets.” There are “Red Sprites” too.  they are associated with lightning.  

]]> By: Spriggan_Prime http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269790 Spriggan_Prime Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269790 The way the title  card is designed and fades in and out me thinks the video's editor is a fan of House (the TV show). The way the title  card is designed and fades in and out me thinks the video’s editor is a fan of House (the TV show).

]]> By: bear http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269787 bear Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269787 This is soo cool. i actually found this video through this epic blog: http://candlelightproject.blogspot.com/   Anyone who care about the environment would appreciate this!! This is soo cool. i actually found this video through this epic blog: http://candlelightproject.blogspot.com/   Anyone who care about the environment would appreciate this!!

]]> By: Ant http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269753 Ant Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269753 What about randomized patterns? ;) What about randomized patterns? ;)

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269669 Brainspore Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269669 By the looks of things most of that "profound human impact on the planet" was caused by Hal Jordan messing around with that silly ring of his. By the looks of things most of that “profound human impact on the planet” was caused by Hal Jordan messing around with that silly ring of his.

]]> By: Jay http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269574 Jay Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269574 Ummmmm... it's time lapse.  Therefore you are seeing things in daylight and night molded together. Ummmmm… it’s time lapse.  Therefore you are seeing things in daylight and night molded together.

]]> By: AndrewdeSouza_paNOW http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269519 AndrewdeSouza_paNOW Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269519 love it, but i have a question to anyone who knows about optics or astronomy... Is that how curved the Earth actually appears from that altitude or is it the lens? t really makes the planet look like a tiny speck in that video. love it, but i have a question to anyone who knows about optics or astronomy…

Is that how curved the Earth actually appears from that altitude or is it the lens?

t really makes the planet look like a tiny speck in that video.

]]> By: alfredo_tomato http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269488 alfredo_tomato Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269488 I think they are associated with thunderstorms. Not sure about that.  There appears to be another around the 4:40 point. It's even further to the right. I think they are associated with thunderstorms. Not sure about that.  There appears to be another around the 4:40 point. It’s even further to the right.

]]> By: Joshua Jordan http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269442 Joshua Jordan Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269442 I believe you're seeing the Nile basin, with Cairo/the delta at top, with Isreal/Palestine/Lebanon lighting the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean.  I believe you’re seeing the Nile basin, with Cairo/the delta at top, with Isreal/Palestine/Lebanon lighting the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean. 

]]> By: cpm5280 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269406 cpm5280 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269406 > "taken with a special low-light 4K-camera" AKA a Nikon D3s. > “taken with a special low-light 4K-camera”

AKA a Nikon D3s.

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269396 CH Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269396 Yeah, I think you are right!!! For anybody else trying to see it (it took quite a lot of going back and forth before I saw it), look at the atmosphere above the horizon, the purple part (it turns more purple at around 1:24). For me at 1:24 to 1:26 there is a orange-ish sprite shooting up (like a bullet hitting the purple part). Seriously good catch!!! I wonder if NASA has caught it? It might of course be just some video artefact, as for instance the starts look like they drag the atmosphere, too. But it sure looks like a sprite. A really nice video, thank you for posting it!!! Yeah, I think you are right!!! For anybody else trying to see it (it took quite a lot of going back and forth before I saw it), look at the atmosphere above the horizon, the purple part (it turns more purple at around 1:24). For me at 1:24 to 1:26 there is a orange-ish sprite shooting up (like a bullet hitting the purple part).

Seriously good catch!!! I wonder if NASA has caught it? It might of course be just some video artefact, as for instance the starts look like they drag the atmosphere, too. But it sure looks like a sprite.

A really nice video, thank you for posting it!!!

]]> By: michael b http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269394 michael b Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269394 A profoundly moving video, but the only way I could watch it is with the speakers muted.  Ambient electronica?  Sounded like the mating call a drugged otherworldly cricket...awesome video none the less. A profoundly moving video, but the only way I could watch it is with the speakers muted.  Ambient electronica?  Sounded like the mating call a drugged otherworldly cricket…awesome video none the less.

]]> By: Commodore Crush http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269369 Commodore Crush Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269369 The first fly-by over Michigan at the beginning of the video is amazing! The first fly-by over Michigan at the beginning of the video is amazing!

]]> By: Saidul A Shaari http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269310 Saidul A Shaari Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269310 pgt, There are many software that can make cool screensavers from videos such as this. Google it. :) pgt,

There are many software that can make cool screensavers from videos such as this. Google it. :)

]]> By: Blinde Schildpad http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269294 Blinde Schildpad Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269294 Not disrespect to Pan, Bongo and Gorilla, but we're definitely the most awesome monkeys. #AWESOMEMONKEY Not disrespect to Pan, Bongo and Gorilla, but we’re definitely the most awesome monkeys. #AWESOMEMONKEY

]]> By: GyroMagician http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269274 GyroMagician Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269274 Wow, I just fell in love. Where is this place? Can we go? Let's build a rocketship and see if we can get there. (Now picturing myself as Steve Zissou piloting said rocketship with this music playing in the cabin, crazy beautiful planet looming up in front of us...because you're all there with me). Wow, I just fell in love. Where is this place? Can we go? Let’s build a rocketship and see if we can get there.

(Now picturing myself as Steve Zissou piloting said rocketship with this music playing in the cabin, crazy beautiful planet looming up in front of us…because you’re all there with me).

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269258 Ramone Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269258 Not crazy about the soundtrack but the visuals are truly stunning. Not crazy about the soundtrack but the visuals are truly stunning.

]]> By: MarcVader http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269256 MarcVader Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269256 pretty planet. so sad it's in the way. pretty planet. so sad it’s in the way.

]]> By: alfredo_tomato http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269239 alfredo_tomato Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269239 Check out the 1:24 through 1:25 to the right of center of the frame. There appears to be a sprite shooting up from the atmosphere. Check out the 1:24 through 1:25 to the right of center of the frame. There appears to be a sprite shooting up from the atmosphere.

]]> By: gratefulvideo http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269227 gratefulvideo Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269227 A peaceful place or so it looks from space, A closer look reveals the human race. A peaceful place or so it looks from space,
A closer look reveals the human race.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269212 awjt Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269212 The lightning, the undulating aurorae, the faint airglow, the cities below.  Oh man, trancey stuff.  Time to hit the sack and dream big. The lightning, the undulating aurorae, the faint airglow, the cities below.  Oh man, trancey stuff.  Time to hit the sack and dream big.

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269207 Noctilucent Studios Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269207 Anyone wanna take a guess as tot he source of the lights in the upper right corner of the frame at the 1:40 mark...there are a few of them....satellites? Anyone wanna take a guess as tot he source of the lights in the upper right corner of the frame at the 1:40 mark…there are a few of them….satellites?

]]> By: ninjapornstar http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269203 ninjapornstar Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269203 Thanks, it does appear to be the indo-pak border. Thanks, it does appear to be the indo-pak border.

]]> By: Jacob Corn http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269201 Jacob Corn Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269201 Seeing things like this makes me realize that we live in the future. That footage was taken from a space station that has been crewed for the last eleven years. Though there are empty spaces, you can see the lights of a city in almost every frame of the video. In some places, it's cities as far as the eye can see. Wow. Seeing things like this makes me realize that we live in the future. That footage was taken from a space station that has been crewed for the last eleven years. Though there are empty spaces, you can see the lights of a city in almost every frame of the video. In some places, it’s cities as far as the eye can see. Wow.

]]> By: Long Phan http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269199 Long Phan Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269199 Great Wall of China? Great Wall of China?

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269194 Noctilucent Studios Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269194 We watched it with this playing in the background and it flowed just beautifully. Absolutely spectacular video btw. Could play this on a loop for hours. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjb1FgSiWkM&feature=related We watched it with this playing in the background and it flowed just beautifully. Absolutely spectacular video btw. Could play this on a loop for hours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjb1FgSiWkM&feature=related

]]> By: Ryan Black http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269191 Ryan Black Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269191 That's the border between India and Pakistan. It uses the same type of illumination along the entire border, making it stand out. That’s the border between India and Pakistan. It uses the same type of illumination along the entire border, making it stand out.

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2011/11/13/time-lapse-video-from-iss.html#comment-1269192 querent Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=129027#comment-1269192 We live on that planet. Off to read about the northern lights on wikipedia. We live on that planet.

Off to read about the northern lights on wikipedia.

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