# Earth - Time Lapse video **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-time-lapse-video/661102 "2013-06-16T02:14:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![the\_O](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@the\_O](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-time-lapse-video/661102/1 "2013-06-16T02:14:09Z")
I found this on Vimeo and thought to myself, “Wow!” It conjures up…something from within. [This](http://vimeo.com/32001208)is a 5:00 time lapse of Earth from International Space Station. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-time-lapse-video/661102/2 "2013-06-16T10:58:06Z")
I can’t get over the lightning - very cool! ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-time-lapse-video/661102/3 "2013-06-16T15:09:53Z")
Planet Earth to Major Tom, you’re circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong. Can you hear me Major Tom? Anybody know what that red ribbon is that we cross over around 3:50? I’m almost certain it’s not a bug on the lens. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-time-lapse-video/661102/4 "2013-06-17T08:26:15Z")
> [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](#): > > Planet Earth to Major Tom, you’re circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong. Can you hear me Major Tom? > Anybody know what that red ribbon is that we cross over around 3:50? I’m almost certain it’s not a bug on the lens. Possibly a lava flow? Any idea where that area is? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-time-lapse-video/661102/5 "2013-06-17T09:03:52Z")
> [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](#): > > Anybody know what that red ribbon is that we cross over around 3:50? I’m almost certain it’s not a bug on the lens. That was a nice little challenge! Oddly enough, it’s the border between India and Pakistan. You can see it clearly in [this](http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/712130main_8246931247_e60f3c09fb_o.jpg) quite large nighttime image. There is a bright, thin thread right on the border, and surrounded by darker areas. You can see it again in the film at about 4:38. According to the text, the two shots correspond to these descriptions: 14. Views of the Mideast at Night 18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night The second showing made it easier to discover, since it gave a fairly localized path. Maybe someone else can answer why the border is so well lit. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-time-lapse-video/661102/6 "2013-06-18T19:19:45Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Maybe someone else can answer why the border is so well lit. Not why, exactly, but here’s how: if you [zoom right in](https://www.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.581251,70.036077&spn=0.003057,0.004485&t=h&dg=opt&z=18) on the border in Google Maps aerial view you can see there is a fence and what appear to be big floodlights spaced at precisely 100-metre intervals (according to the Distance Measurement tool). And [here’s an article explaining it](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2033886/India-Pakistan-border-visible-space.html): > [@](#): > > The Indian government sanctioned a move to erect floodlights along the terrain separating India and Pakistan in the Gujarat sector in 2003 to prevent smuggling and arms trafficking. > In previous years the border has regularly seen attempts at infiltration by terrorists, as well as the smuggling of arms, ammunition and contraband. > In total, the Indian government hope to cover 1248 miles (2009 km) of the 1800-mile (2900 km) India-Pakistan border with floodlights. > Officials have so far erected floodlights along 286 miles (460 km) of Indian border with the Pakistan state of Punjab. > The extensive floodlighting continues for 635 miles (1022 km) across Rajasthan, 109 miles (176 km) across the Jammu international border, and 125 miles (202 km) through Gujarat. > So far 1156 miles (1861 km) of the border have been floodlit. > Plans are in place to erect a total 1269 miles (2043 km) of fencing along the nation’s border. > The Indian government hope to have completely finished the floodlight operation by March 2012. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-time-lapse-video/661102/7 "2013-06-18T23:28:21Z")
God that’s mesmerizing.