Video of the Week #17, November 16th, 2011
From: The Best Video of Earth From Space Ever Made by Michael Moyer on Observations.
Source: Michael König on Vimeo.
This stunning timelapse video is a series of photographs taken from the International Space Station between August and October. Astronaut/photographer Ron Garan captures many amazing sights of the planet including the aurora (both Borealis and Australis), pinprick cities, and lightning storms that appear like firecrackers.
About the Author: Bora Zivkovic is the Blog Editor at Scientific American, chronobiologist, biology teacher, organizer of ScienceOnline conferences and editor of Open Laboratory anthologies of best science writing on the Web. Follow on Twitter @boraz.
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