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Time-lapse Captured from the International Space Station
400 photos. 11 minutes. That's what it took to create this time-lapse of the Earth and stars as the International…
Timelapse: Sprites, Gravity Waves and Airglow
Look! Fast! Sprite lightning occurs only at high altitudes above thunderstorms, only last for a thousandth of a second and…
Take a Flight Over a Massive Aurora
Post by Alexander Gerst. Or perhaps I should say "eine grosse Aurora!" ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst made this time-lapse of a…
What Are These Mysterious Green Lights Photographed From the Space Station?
"Bangkok is the bright city. The green lights outside the city? No idea…" This was the description accompanying the photo above, perplexingly Tweeted…
How to See Airglow, the Green Sheen of Night
Emerald green, fainter than the zodiacal light and visible on dark nights everywhere on Earth, airglow pervades the night sky…
This Time-Lapse ISS Video Isn’t Just Another Time-Lapse ISS Video
It's actually remarkably beautiful, and well worth two minutes of your time.* Assembled from actual photographs taken by astronauts aboard…
Awesome Photo: Aurora, Airglow, City Lights and Shining Stars
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano shares a lot of fantastic photos taken from his privileged position 260 miles up aboard the…
Astrophoto: Airglow Shining Like an Aurora
Look closely at this beautiful serene view taken by Miguel Claro from Portugal. Not only is it a stunning view…
Time-Lapse: Earth
If you couldn't tell, we love time-lapse videos... whether they're made of photos looking up at the sky from Earth…
Cassini Discovers Titan’s Glowing Atmosphere
A pair of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show Titan glowing in the dark. Titan never ceases to amaze. Saturn's…