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The Earth From the International Space Station

Started by Recusant, September 18, 2011, 07:07:43 PM

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Recusant

September 18, 2011, 07:07:43 PM
Time lapse of the ISS flying over Earth

I enjoyed this 1 minute clip, and am posting it here for others to see.

I originally found it here, and I think that version is a little better quality, but it took a long time to load on my computer, so I posted the youtube version to make it easier to see.
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Tank

#1
September 18, 2011, 07:24:02 PM
Magnificent.
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Xjeepguy

#2
September 18, 2011, 07:27:08 PM
Impossible. The earth is supposed to be flat....... ;D
If I were re-born 1000 times, it would be as an atheist 1000 times. -Heisenberg

Tank

#3
September 18, 2011, 07:28:15 PM
Quote from: Xjeepguy on September 18, 2011, 07:27:08 PM
Impossible. The earth is supposed to be flat....... ;D
They used a fisheye lens  8)
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Asmodean

#4
September 18, 2011, 07:36:57 PM
Quote from: Tank on September 18, 2011, 07:28:15 PM
Quote from: Xjeepguy on September 18, 2011, 07:27:08 PM
Impossible. The earth is supposed to be flat....... ;D
They used a fisheye lens  8)
Sneaky, those scientists.  :o
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

McQ

#5
September 18, 2011, 07:52:53 PM
Very cool. Thanks!
Elvis didn't do no drugs!
--Penn Jillette

placeboaddiction

#6
September 19, 2011, 05:41:02 PM
Wife and I agree.. awesome.

Sandra Craft

#7
September 20, 2011, 02:04:34 AM
Lovely, particularly the lights over highly populated areas.
Sandy

  

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."  Sarah Louise Delany

Xjeepguy

#8
September 20, 2011, 02:14:35 AM
I keep watching this. I love seeing the lightning. We do live in a beautiful place.
If I were re-born 1000 times, it would be as an atheist 1000 times. -Heisenberg

McQ

#9
September 20, 2011, 03:33:51 AM
Quote from: Xjeepguy on September 20, 2011, 02:14:35 AM
I keep watching this. I love seeing the lightning. We do live in a beautiful place.

I keep going back and watching it, too. There's just something so incredibly cool about it.
Elvis didn't do no drugs!
--Penn Jillette

Ihateyoumike

#10
September 20, 2011, 04:23:35 AM
Wow. That was really cool. Makes me wish even more I could go up in orbit. And the lightning is badass
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Your littlest sin.

Asmodean

#11
September 20, 2011, 10:41:57 AM
Quote from: McQ on September 20, 2011, 03:33:51 AM
I keep going back and watching it, too. There's just something so incredibly cool about it.
Who needs gods and angels and devils and demons when we can has THAT, eh..?  :D
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

Xjeepguy

#12
September 20, 2011, 11:24:08 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 20, 2011, 10:41:57 AM
Quote from: McQ on September 20, 2011, 03:33:51 AM
I keep going back and watching it, too. There's just something so incredibly cool about it.
Who needs gods and angels and devils and demons when we can has THAT, eh..?  :D

Werd. Our round earth is way cooler than their flat one.
If I were re-born 1000 times, it would be as an atheist 1000 times. -Heisenberg

Asmodean

#13
September 20, 2011, 11:38:53 AM
Quote from: Xjeepguy on September 20, 2011, 11:24:08 AM
Werd. Our round earth is way cooler than their flat one.
'Sides, if Pudding was a flat Earth religious type, for whom you have to be on the upper side to hang onto the ground, he'd just fall off Australia, but because his blasphemous Atheist Earth is a big round magnet, he's still around!  :D Atheism. It saves lives.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

Too Few Lions

#14
September 20, 2011, 12:34:40 PM
it looks fantastic. Although NASA are famous for being part of the round Earth conspiracy  ;)
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