# Incredible video montage from the ISS **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-video-montage-from-the-iss/602933 "2011-11-14T20:38:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-video-montage-from-the-iss/602933/1 "2011-11-14T20:38:57Z")
> **[The planet we call home, seen from 240 miles up](https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/planet-call-home-seen-240-miles-145006199.html)** > > Two-hundred-forty miles above the Earth, it turns out, is a stunningly beautiful place to be. In the video above you can view Michael König's five-minute HD video montage of 18 time-lapse sequences of photographs shot from the International... Some spectacular Aurora footage; the lightning flashes are pretty amazing too. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-video-montage-from-the-iss/602933/2 "2011-11-14T20:49:37Z")
That is stunning. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-video-montage-from-the-iss/602933/3 "2011-11-14T20:56:11Z")
That is cool. Beautiful. Around 3:48 there is a long orange glowing band stretching vertically over much of the image. Anyone with an idea of what it is? ---
**Author:** ![Remember\_me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Remember\_me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Remember_me)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-video-montage-from-the-iss/602933/4 "2011-11-16T09:20:37Z")
Beautiful. I would think the orange band could be a border between two countries, that have some sort of smouldering quarrel going on. There is light on both sides of it, so the inter-korean border doesn’t qualify 😉 I think it is the border between India and Pakistan on a south-eastern course. https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=de&ll=28.168875,70.861816&spn=14.07613,19.753418&t=m&z=6&vpsrc=6 The positions of Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore as well as the Indus on the Pakistani side seem to correspond well. The bright spot on the Indian side on the left would then be New Delhi. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-video-montage-from-the-iss/602933/5 "2011-11-16T10:21:41Z")
So, what Sci-Fi epic was that taken from? ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-video-montage-from-the-iss/602933/6 "2011-11-16T11:15:01Z")
It’s pretty incredible- but I’d like to see it a bit slower, it’s hard to focus on any detail. Anyone know where there’s a less speedy version? Preferably with less annoying music too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-video-montage-from-the-iss/602933/7 "2011-11-17T15:07:47Z")
Video of time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October 2011.🆒 Truly astonishing and [surreal.](http://shelf3d.com/430ykbW1zqA). You will love this, so will your kids. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-video-montage-from-the-iss/602933/8 "2011-11-18T02:13:46Z")
Beat you to it! 😉 [Previous thread here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=631402) ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-video-montage-from-the-iss/602933/9 "2011-11-18T04:53:05Z")
Hi Thanks.🙂 Somehow it didn’t show up in my search. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-video-montage-from-the-iss/602933/10 "2011-11-23T18:20:46Z")
I had to share. [Time lapse of Earth from space](http://vimeo.com/32001208). ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-video-montage-from-the-iss/602933/11 "2011-11-23T22:30:20Z")
No matter how big the earth is, it is still just a speck in the scheme of things. And that makes each of us… This video brings it home. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-video-montage-from-the-iss/602933/12 "2011-11-23T22:40:24Z")
[That video is really](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=631402) [getting some mileage!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14475317#post14475317)😃 I’m glad it keeps getting brought up- I think it’s pretty amazing and the more people who see it, the better. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-video-montage-from-the-iss/602933/13 "2011-11-23T22:43:05Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > [That video is really](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=631402) [getting some mileage!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14475317#post14475317)😃 I merged the threads. And yes, it’s an amazing view.