Segment 1: NASA's Shuttle Discovery (STS131), while docked to the ISS, captured these images on April 12, 2010 as it moved from the night side of the Earth to the daytime. In the process the Aurora Borealis can be seen on the Earth's limb. A solar panel from the ISS and a docked Soyuz module can be seen in the foreground.
Segment 2: NASA's Shuttle Discovery (STS131), while docked to the ISS, captured these images on April 16, 2010. The sequence begins as the Shuttle emerges from darkness over the Canadian Rockies, traversing the United States southeast towards Florida. The Bahamas and Hispaniola are seen as the Shuttle continues over Venzuela, Brazil and finally the southern Atlantic ocean before returning to darkness.
Segment 3: The Sun rises behind space shuttle Atlantis in this time-lapse sequence from July 19, 2011, one of the last days of the historic final mission of the shuttle program.
Images courtesy of the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography eol.jsc.nasa.gov
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Philip Bloom 22 months ago | reply
stunning
vandario 2.11 22 months ago | reply
always the same comment..
WOW!
Goose Noire [deleted] 22 months ago | reply
outstanding
Bob Misu 22 months ago | reply
The piano gives this vid a peaceful easy feeling. What is the name of that piece of music.
mpmark 22 months ago | reply
very cool! love the northern lights at the beginning! and the city lighting...
Stefan John Barycki 22 months ago | reply
so so so so fucking sick
pylacroix 22 months ago | reply
Awesome !
siddharthasaha 22 months ago | reply
Wow!
Gary O'Brien 22 months ago | reply
This is wonderful!
Is anyone on ISS crew shooting time-lapse as a project?
I think there is an enormous amount of potential with a minimial amount of work. Mix up lenses, frame rates, time of day,
I certainly hope there is more timelapse footage involving the shuttles and station assembly.
What say, Goddard?
Donhko³ 22 months ago | reply
Bello!
Yannis_H 22 months ago | reply
Damn... borring life.... :) :(
satosphere 22 months ago | reply
That is incredible!
DarkAngelDay 22 months ago | reply
Great!
chrisw09 22 months ago | reply
Cool!
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Seen on your photo stream. ( ?² )
I is 22 months ago | reply
stunning, I bet it would be ever more stunning without all the pollution
cabralha 22 months ago | reply
Awesome, we want more!