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Video of the Week #65 October 18th, 2012:
ISS Startrails - TRONized from Christoph Malin on Vimeo.
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From:ISS Startrails Video by Joanne Manaster at PsiVid. Source:Christoph Malin Beautiful. Stunning. Hypnotic. Only a few of the words to describe this video posted by Christoph Malin, an outdoor journalist and cinematographer. And watch, at about 1:42 you'll see Comet "Lovejoy" rising. The video was created by stacking images provided by NASA - the stacks create star trails, and create interesting patterns.