Aurora seen from the ISS in Orbit

A view of the Auroras (the Northern/Southern Lights) as seen from the International Space Station during September 2011.

I got the source images for this video from here The Gateway To Astronaut Photography of Earth: "http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/mrf.htm ".

I was inspired to upload this clip by the "What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth" video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74mhQy...

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[aoi1148]

is fake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

space = no stars

[isoeph]

Obscene number of exclamation marks = Troll.

These are extremely long exposures, that's why the earth has that green hue (aside from the auroras themselves), and why you can actually see stars. Additionally, the other reason you can see stars is the fact that the sun, which is usually reflecting off the Earth's Atmosphere, is on hidden by the Earth itself in these shots.

[Matthias Kuhl]

Joli, mais on voit tout de même que c'est du dessin animé de bonne qualité : c'est vous qui en faites un fake !

The green planet, seen with the Grinch' eyes !

[isoeph]

Je ne parle pas français. But I can get the gist behind what you said. The green tint in the atmosphere is apparently caused by a low level of light reflecting off (and likely the same solar particles that cause the Auroras to form still interacting with the atmosphere in lower densities), and being captured by the camera capture time. If the camera were to take regular photos so it looked like what most people expected it to look like from space, you wouldn't see any of the stars either.

[Gforcebond]

haha above 1080p HD is "original" lol i gues that's like some government shit. It's like 9000p

[isoeph]

It was taken with a Digital SLR of somesort (My Money is on Nikon from what I've been reading), so the original resolution was over 4000x2700 If I recall correctly, I'd have to look at the originals on my hard drive at home to be sure.

[isoeph]

@Evilektr0nyka UMADBRO?

[AD20003]

Watching this gave me a tingle down my spine o_O

[Arkor London]

amazing

[Herearetheundead]

there... is... no... god! Only nature!

[sillyfreeman]

yes it's way sped up. I do wish they had a real time video where the aurora would move reeeaallly slowly, but the file size would be huge.

[sillyfreeman]

my eyes came

[zaferbnz]

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