# Live video feed from the International Space Station!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-video-feed-from-the-international-space-station/688136>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 10, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-video-feed-from-the-international-space-station/688136 "2014-05-10T17:55:02Z")\
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**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:** [May 10, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-video-feed-from-the-international-space-station/688136/1 "2014-05-10T17:55:02Z")

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Check it out in the linked page!

> **[International Space Station Cameras Now Offering a Gorgeous Live View of Earth](https://petapixel.com/2014/05/08/international-space-station-cameras-now-offering-gorgeous-live-view-earth/)**
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> Rotating around the earth approximately sixteen times each day, the International Space Station is the venue from which many astronauts have been able to

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**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:** [May 10, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-video-feed-from-the-international-space-station/688136/2 "2014-05-10T20:05:19Z")

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Very cool- and it will probably be even cooler when I can actually see something! It’s gray right now, which means “Switching between cameras, or communications with the ISS is not available.”

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**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:** [May 10, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-video-feed-from-the-international-space-station/688136/3 "2014-05-10T20:15:14Z")

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It was black with space hardware when I posted it.

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**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:** [May 10, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-video-feed-from-the-international-space-station/688136/4 "2014-05-10T20:23:37Z")

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It’s up now!

To see where the ISS is at the moment, [click here](http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/HDEV/).

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**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:** [May 10, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-video-feed-from-the-international-space-station/688136/5 "2014-05-10T20:32:39Z")

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It’s going to pass right over us here in the Albuquerque area pretty soon. I’ll be sure to wave.

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**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:** [May 10, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-video-feed-from-the-international-space-station/688136/6 "2014-05-10T20:38:18Z")

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It just passed over Roswell, NM. 🙂

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**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:** [May 10, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-video-feed-from-the-international-space-station/688136/7 "2014-05-10T20:40:45Z")

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…and now it’s over the Gulf of Mexico.

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**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:** [May 10, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-video-feed-from-the-international-space-station/688136/8 "2014-05-10T20:42:00Z")

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Watching the Texas coastline go by was extremely cool.

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**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:** [May 10, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-video-feed-from-the-international-space-station/688136/9 "2014-05-10T20:53:33Z")

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Completely crazy. An hour ago I didn’t know this existed and now I’ve watched a live video feed as a space station passed right over where I live.

Thanks for the link, Sunspace.