The video was created by a New Mexico photographer named Knate Myers, who also put together this video of the Southwest Skies (which has an amazing scene of the night sky rising and setting at :15).
The video from the Space Station was compiled using footage taken by NASA, and until about 1:20, it's just a slick blur of a spinning sphere with coloured lights, and images of the heavens and the windows of the space station. (Which I guess is pretty cool. I mean, have I ever been in a space station? No, I have not. It's cool - stop being so jaded.)
But things get really interesting around 1:20, when you can actually start to process what you're looking at - snow covered continents and the lights of cities.
The aurora borealis show up right after that, and by 2:15, you can see it hovering over larger parts of the world. It appears again at 3:20 looking truly sci-fi and spooky.
But the music.
May we recommend you watch the video without sound. Although if you're feeling jaded by our high-tech world, the soundtrack might just help you appreciate the magnificence of what you're seeing.
Sarah Western Balzer
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Sarah Western Balzer is the editor of HITC Life. She grew up in Tampa, Florida, and lived in Washington, DC and New York before moving to London, where she lived for seven years. She now lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons. Her background is in the music industry, lifestyle relocation, and journalism. If you'd like to contribute to HITC Life, and work in banking or a field related to finance, please drop her a line (sarah.balzer@hereisthecity.com).
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