Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. A compilation of such
visual spectacles was captured recently from the International Space Station (ISS)
and set to rousing music. Passing below are white clouds, orange city lights, lightning
flashes in thunderstorms, and dark blue seas.
On the horizon is the golden haze of Earth's thin atmosphere, frequently decorated by
dancing auroras as the video progresses. The green parts of auroras typically remain
below the space station, but the station flies right through the red and purple auroral
peaks. Solar panels of the ISS are seen around the frame edges. The ominous wave
of approaching brightness at the end of each sequence is just the dawn of the sunlit
half of Earth, a dawn that occurs every 90 minutes.
Version 12.4.3.s 10 September 2018