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Incredible video of nocturnal scenes from the International Space Station

Date
23 July 2012

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There’s certain words that make our ears prick up and whet our content appetites in greedy anticipation, and space would be pretty near the top of the list. Whether it’s illustrations for prototype space colonies or artists’ installations recreating extraterrestrial travel we’re all over it. But even confirmed final frontier fans there’s something truly epic about this video put together by Knate Myers. By stitchng together mind-blowing photos from the International Space Station and adding some stirring music (John Murphy’s Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor) he’s created just under four minutes of shock and awe (in a good way). Look out for the Northern Lights sequences in particular and help put your mundane frustrations in some kind of perspective…

A view of Earth from space, showing the curved horizon beneath a glowing green band of the aurora borealis. Part of a space station structure is visible in the top right corner against a black, starry sky.
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Knate Myers: View From the International Space Station at Night (still)

A Soyuz spacecraft is docked to a station, floating above the Earth at night. Below, the planet is a dark expanse dotted with the glowing golden lights of cities.
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Knate Myers: View From the International Space Station at Night (still)

A view of Earth’s curved horizon from space, glowing with a bright white and yellow light. Above, a star-filled sky appears as streaks of purple and blue light, with part of a spacecraft visible in the top right.
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Knate Myers: View From the International Space Station at Night (still)

A view of Earth through a circular spacecraft window. Swirling white clouds and deep blue oceans are visible against the blackness of space.
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Knate Myers: View From the International Space Station at Night (still)

A view of Earth from space at night, showing the curved horizon glowing with a thin band of green light. Above the atmosphere, a dense field of stars fills the dark sky.
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Knate Myers: View From the International Space Station at Night (still)

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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