The Earth at Night, From Space. : Othor Games

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:05 am

http://thechive.com/2012/10/09/what-an-astronauts-camera-sees-at-night-video/ of the Earth from space. It really is amazing how much our cities light up the surface of the planet.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:18 pm

Incredible. That is all I can really say about it. The atmosphere is less subtle than I would have thought. It is almost literally a bubble.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:00 pm

Although this video is a bit old, I am left speechless every time I watch it.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:05 pm

It really is amazing how much our cities light up the surface of the planet.

Whenever I think of city lights from space, I'm always reminded of the sheer contrast between North Korea and South Korea in that regard.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 5:36 pm

Amazing video. I've never seen Earth this way before.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:34 pm

Reminds me of the northern lights in Skyrim. Breathtakingly brilliant.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:54 pm

Reminds me of the northern lights in Skyrim. Breathtakingly brilliant.

ffs lol

ot: Looking at that video is depressing as hell.

» Fri Oct 12, 2012 12:16 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFpeM3fxJoQ's the opposite viewpoint, very beautiful actually

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:19 pm

ffs lol

ot: Looking at that video is depressing as hell.

How so? All the lights all over the globe? Seeing where the 3rd world countries really are?

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:15 am

How so? All the lights all over the globe? Seeing where the 3rd world countries really are?

I think he means more, the effect of humanity on the planet.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:06 pm

Do you know from what altitude this is taken? Seems pretty low.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 4:31 pm

I suspect some cgi at work there

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 4:41 pm

I think he means more, the effect of humanity on the planet.

I figured that was self evident in so many other places nowadays, that this would hardly have much impact in that regard. But that is also kind of what I meant by all those lights as well.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:11 am

That's pretty amazing how you can see just about every single light that is on. There are several oil rigs that just explode in light near New Orleans, so I'm guessing every dot is just some suburb.

I also saw Cincinnati, so yay me!

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:21 pm

I figured that was self evident in so many other places nowadays, that this would hardly have much impact in that regard. But that is also kind of what I meant by all those lights as well.

I guess he could also be referring to how unimportant and minuscule we actually are. Sometimes theses videos put things into perspective.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:17 am

I guess he could also be referring to how unimportant and minuscule we actually are. Sometimes theses videos put things into perspective.

Also true, but that notion is actually a comforting one for me.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:31 pm

What the hell Nasa nerd? You do a fly-by of New Jersey and Trenton and you can't mention it? You skipped right over it to mention New York and Staten Island. Boo!!!

Cool video though.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:59 pm

Also true, but that notion is actually a comforting one for me.

He may have thought that it is bad to look at because we don't care about the Earth and do what we want.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:52 pm

So is this thread about the video, or trying to figure out what he meant with his comment?

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:58 pm

So is this thread about the video, or trying to figure out what he meant with his comment?

nah this thread was an attempt to find something on the interwebz that you wouldn't compare to Skyrim. I have failed :sadvaultboy:

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 4:16 pm

What the hell Nasa nerd? You do a fly-by of New Jersey and Trenton and you can't mention it? You skipped right over it to mention New York and Staten Island. Boo!!!

Cool video though.

... New Jersey svcks.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:38 pm

What the hell Nasa nerd? You do a fly-by of New Jersey and Trenton and you can't mention it? You skipped right over it to mention New York and Staten Island. Boo!!!

Cool video though.

... New Jersey svcks.

:tongue:

The way they sped the video up didn't help how many cities could be listed.

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:23 pm

nah this thread was an attempt to find something on the interwebz that you wouldn't compare to Skyrim. I have failed :sadvaultboy:

Gotta exclude them auroras next time man. Tis a thing worth doing you ade attempting though!

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:45 am

... New Jersey svcks.

This is true. I'm seldom embarrassed to tell people where I'm from.

'So, where are you from?'

"I'm ahhh, from ahhh, you know....a place. You wouldn't know it."

» Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:17 pm

Woooow. ..that was so cool....I'm gonna go watch it again.

maybe Earth will look like Coruscant some day.