Astronauts aboard the ISS have once again compiled a stunning video compilation of "the space station flying over Mexio, the central and eastern United States, and Canada and the Aurora Borealis at night." Continue reading to watch.
But, as they're being shown, the ISS is appearing to travel 12 times faster than it really is, at an apparent speed of nearly 210,000 MPH. Zooooom![via Dvice]
Shot by Philip Bloom, this amazing time-lapse video features the two iconic towers of Dubai: The Burj Al Arab and the world's tallest building, The Burj Khalifa. He was "commissioned to shoot various time-lapses of the Emirate by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai." Continue reading to watch.
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French photographer Laurent Laveder shows us the moon like most of us have never seen it before, thanks to the forced perspective technique and several cleverly placed objects. Click here to see more. Continue reading for a Space School segment of the moon.
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NASA has just released Blue Marble 2012, which "was taken by a hi-tech instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP; this composite image uses a number of passes over the Earth's surface taken on January 4, 2012."Continue reading for a video.
Nasa's 'Blue Marble' images of our world started in 1972, when Apollo astronauts took an image of our world from 28,000 miles away, looking like a blue marble in space. Since then, the space agency has used the term for spectacular hi-def images of our planet created from satellite imagery and often released once a year.[via DailyMail]
Enduring an international flight may not be the most enjoyable of things (unless you're fortunate enough to fly first class on the Qantas A380), but for pilots, every trip is an adventure in both good / bad ways. Click here to see a few amazing aircraft shots snapped by talented photographers. Continue reading to see incredible landings at St maarten.
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Some people like to watch the sun rise, while others prefer the soothing sight of it setting. Regardless of your preference, there's no denying that both are sheer eye candy. Click here to see more stunning sunsets that look like paintings. Continue reading to watch the timelapse Phoenix "Love Like a Sunset" video.
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You've seen the amazing photograph of the ISS next to the moon captured by an amateur photograph with a DSLR, now check out what the astronauts aboard the ISS have to show you of the storms over Africa. That's right, "astronauts on the International Space Station captured a video of lightning storms flashing across Africa from 250 miles up." Continue reading for a video.
This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 30 on board the ISS. Expedition 30 is the current team on board the ISS, led by Commander Dan Burbank. The sequence of shots was taken December 29, 2011 from 20:55:05, on a pass from over central Africa, near southeast Niger, to the South Indian Ocean, southeast of Madagascar.[via DailyMail]
Unlike other photographs of the city, photographer Jasper James used "silhouettes of people to capture the city outside the window." This gives each picture a cut-out shadow look that is very creative to say the least. Continue reading to see more.
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At first glance, the image above may appear to be a photography, but it's actually a super realistic painting by ultra talented artist Steve Mills. Unfortunately, "with the time it takes to paint in the photo-realistic technique - some paintings taking over 500 hours - it has proven impossible to do more than one gallery opening a year." Continue reading to see more.
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