Time Lapse: Earth from ISS

This footage was taken from aboard the International Space Station between August to October 2011.


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

What an incredible view from the ISS.  Notice the beautiful aurora lights, flickering thunderstorms, and the tungsten city lights.Come to think of it - If there are intelligent beings somewhere near, observing us,  the first things they will probably notice are the night city lights and likewise If we will have our way to directly observe exoplanets during their night time, then its will be lights like these we should be looking for to indicate intelligent life elsewhere.

Right click, enter full screen, be amazed.

Credits to the astronauts who took the footage and to the editor of this video.