ScienceCasts: Bright Perseid Photographed from Space

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On August 13th, space station astronaut Ron Garan photographed a centimeter-sized chunk of comet debris disintegrating in Earth's atmosphere. His rare photo of a meteor from Earth orbit is a must-see.

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[wrenzaga1]

Ahhh ,.. the price of technology,. Stupid as to why people don't realize there IS a price for technology,. POLLUTION ,.. Its not the end of the world,. But if we dont seek out new forms of energy we are screwed anyhow,.. I guess we should go back to living in caves ,. Of course you'd be crying like a baby if you had to go one day without your cell phone

[joshpick18]

You know whats nasty? The color that textbooks normally portray Earth's atmosphere as blue. It looks all shitty and green and polluted... That disgusts me to be human. Fuck...

[Chriskon420]

i would be scared s***less to be on the ISS during a meteor shower lol. 

[John Miller]

I captured a still shot, on july 29, 2011, from the CHFT web-cam clouds which looks EXACTLY like the one FEATURED in your VIDEO. I was researching my picture. When I found this video. Is this a RARE capture from Earth? Or are they common, on Earth? I could show you, if asked?

[Cashcrop54]

Awesome pic and great video!!!!  I would just love to go to the ISS!!!!!! How lucky these people are who are there.