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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Flying Over the Earth at Night
NASA ^
| March 31, 2013
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 03/31/2013 5:50:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. A compilation of such visual spectacles was captured recently from the International Space Station (ISS) and set to rousing music. Passing below are white clouds, orange city lights, lightning flashes in thunderstorms, and dark blue seas. On the horizon is the golden haze of Earth's thin atmosphere, frequently decorated by dancing auroras as the video progresses. The green parts of auroras typically remain below the space station, but the station flies right through the red and purple auroral peaks. Solar panels of the ISS are seen around the frame edges. The ominous wave of approaching brightness at the end of each sequence is just the dawn of the sunlit half of Earth, a dawn that occurs every 90 minutes.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; iss; science
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posted on
03/31/2013 5:50:49 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky.
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posted on
03/31/2013 5:51:46 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
Chris Hadfield posts some great photos from the space station on twitter. Here is the most recent one from this morning. Its of lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario looking southeast.
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posted on
03/31/2013 5:59:54 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: cripplecreek
WHY would an astronaut want to return ?
To hell with bone deterioration, atrophied muscles and whatever else may occur ...
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posted on
03/31/2013 6:05:55 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: knarf
Pretty cramped living up there.
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posted on
03/31/2013 6:10:23 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: SunkenCiv
bEEEEEEEutiful little video of the earth!
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posted on
03/31/2013 6:17:00 AM PDT
by
TomasUSMC
( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
To: cripplecreek
Yeah .. I'm pretty good at not thinking things through ...
still ....
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posted on
03/31/2013 6:25:29 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: TomasUSMC
Love your tag line ...
Happy Resurrection Day !~
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posted on
03/31/2013 6:26:36 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: knarf
I’d love to go up there for a while but I’d miss the open spaces after a few days.
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posted on
03/31/2013 6:32:54 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: SunkenCiv
Beautiful view of Italy, I believe, looking southward.
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posted on
03/31/2013 6:45:21 AM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
To: cripplecreek; SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/31/2013 7:19:37 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
To: SunkenCiv
He is Risen. Happy Easter. Totally Awesome photos. Thanks for posting it.
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posted on
03/31/2013 7:31:16 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
To: cripplecreek
I can see my house from there !!
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posted on
03/31/2013 7:46:27 AM PDT
by
Dartman
(Mubarak and Gaddafi are going to look like choirboys when this is over)
To: SunkenCiv
That was wonderful and appropriate
thank you
a Blessed Easter
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posted on
03/31/2013 7:54:22 AM PDT
by
RWGinger
To: SunkenCiv
That was Absolutely magnificent!
Thank You!
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posted on
03/31/2013 8:11:07 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(Worry is the darkroom that developes negatives.)
To: SunkenCiv
Stunning video — ‘looks like an intro for ID2 or another space movie.
Great views of Orion rising & the “churning” auroras...
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posted on
03/31/2013 8:14:19 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(A Blessed Easter to All)
To: SunkenCiv
Didja see the UFO leaving, at around 1:30?
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/31/2013 8:52:51 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
03/31/2013 9:43:52 AM PDT
by
Shady
(Libya shows us how Americans rate...)
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