A Brief, Wondrous Tour of Earth from ISS

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space | Fly Over | Nasa, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

We have seen several time-lapse views of Earth from the International Space Station, but this may well be the best.

Recorded from August to October, 2011, this HD footage has been smoothed, retimed, denoised, deflickered, cut, etc, and then coupled with music by Jan Jelinek.

It gives you a pretty splendid view of the aurora borealis from orbit (how often have you seen that?), and if you’re wondering just what produces those northern lights, you can watch a nice explanation here