"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
03/12/2018 at 10:01 • Filed to: Spacelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
03/12/2018 at 10:01 • Filed to: Spacelopnik | 2
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Time-lapse photos of Earth taken from the International Space Station and stitched together into a short video. The ISS circles the Earth once every 90 minutes. Keep your eyes open for recognizable features such as the northern lights, Florida, Italy, and the Nile River.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 10:15 |
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i’ve gone outside a few times to watch it pass overhead. I’d love to go up there. I think my chances are pretty small.
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ttyymmnn
> OPPOsaurus WRX
03/12/2018 at 10:17 |
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facw
> ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 10:23 |
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Nice. I use one of NASA’s “black marble” images as my desktop background on my home theater PC.
(note, click to expand and then view the image in a new tab, but be aware, that is still the small version of the image, I didn’t think kinja would be happy with me if I uploaded a 256MB image)
You can get the large and more up to date ones here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/new-night-lights-maps-open-up-possible-real-time-applications
The one I use is actually older (don’t remember the date), but it’s more visually appealing than the newer ones because it doesn’t show the vast fishing fleets off of South Korea which use bright lights to lure fish to the surface at night.
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ttyymmnn
> facw
03/12/2018 at 10:28 |
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I have that image (or one like it) in my rotation of screen saver pics. My wife and I are trying to figure out where to go for vacation this year. We’re thinking about driving north for once, and maybe ending up at Mt. Rushmore. I’ve never been to that part of the country. But then I thought we should find a truly dark place somewhere in the US, somewhere you can still see the Milky Way. There won’t be many places like that soon.
http://darksitefinder.com/maps/world.html
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facw
> ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 10:36 |
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Honestly one of my regrets from living in Austin was that I didn’t find a moonless night to go stargazing somewhere west of the city. An hour or two of driving and it looks like you should be able to get somewhere pretty dark. Probably not as good as North Dakota, but way better than what most city dwellers can easily get to. Last time I was able to really see the sky without a ton of light pollution was in Park City, UT in 2012 (which is actually quite bad on your map, so I guess I got lucky). Overnight international flights can be good as well, if you use your blanket to block out the cabin light.