low-orbit time-lapse photos = 2001esque "star trails"

[Darren Dirt]

Slate article with all the photos

When he is not flying around Earth at about 18,000 miles per hour, out on space-walks or performing weird zero-gravity experiments, astronaut Don Pettit takes some of the most astounding space photos to date. The images, which look straight out of 2001: A Space Odyssey, as has been noted around the web, were taken 240 miles up in space by combining multiple 30-second exposure photos, and then stacking them together with imaging software. The resulting ?star trail? images, as he calls them, essentially show the paths made by stars and earth lights over 10 to 15 minutes.

...such pretty lights...

[Lazybones]

"My god, it's full of stars!"

Second thing I thought of was, the hyperspace effect from Star Wars.

[Mr. Analog]

I've never seen anything like that from space! AMAZING thank you!!

[Darren Dirt]

International Space Station time-lapse photos + video-ify = looks like TRON!
http://io9.com/5952155/holy-moley-this-guy-just-turned-earths-atmosphere-into-tron
http://vimeo.com/51499009




a followup to the previously posted collection of still photos (apparently the same collection as linked above?)
http://io9.com/5916874/these-incredible-photos-from-the-international-space-station-make-earth-look-like-a-video-game

[Mr. Analog]

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