ISS Passes Over Stormy Africa (w/Milky Way)

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This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station. The sequence of shots was taken December 29, 2011 from 20:55:05 to 21:14:09 GMT, on a pass from over central Africa, near southeast Niger, to the South Indian Ocean, southeast of Madagascar. The complete pass is over southern Africa to the ocean, focusing on the lightning flashes from local storms and the Milky Way rising over the horizon.

The Milky Way can be spotted as a hazy band of white light at the beginning of the video. The pass continues southeast toward the Mozambique Channel and Madagascar. The Lovejoy Comet can be seen very faintly near the Milky Way. The pass ends as the sun is rising over the dark ocean.

Video courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center

Via the Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Videos/CrewEarthObservationsVideos/

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[CrashClownStudios]

and they complain of water lack

[JMajorLITD]

@CrashClownStudios Well, fresh water, yes.

[KevlarKnight]

19 people hate life.

[JMajorLITD]

@KevlarKnight Must be a sad, angry little existence.

[tommygoogyx]

Am I right in wanting NASA to put a permanent stream of this camera up online? :P

[GoProHDTimelapse]

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[uzenzo]

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAA­AAAAAAHHHH ok its over

[EmperorBun]

That was a bright Sun :O

[ArchonMalloth]

"Noble 1, come in!

Noble 1, do you read me?"

"This is Carter-259. We got spartans on the ground, and we're not going anywhere."

[ScienceWinsEveryTime]

@IlyaMinichev Oh, yes one does. Google 'ISS live ustream'. ;-)

[ScienceWinsEveryTime]

@tommygoogyx

Ask and ye shall receive: Google 'ISS Live USTREAM' and click the first result. Enjoy! :-)

[IlyaMinichev]

23 aliens saw this video

[tommygoogyx]

@IlyaMinichev Well, one does simply want it to happen :P

[IlyaMinichev]

@tommygoogyx One does not simply put a permanent stream of this camera up online