Astronaut Releases Gorgeous Time Lapse Video From 166 Days Spent At International Space Station
(CBS SF) -- A German astronaut has compiled a breathtaking time lapse video of the time he spent at the International Space Station.
Alexander Gerst from the European Space Agency spent 166 days up there as a flight engineer.
His six minute video is made up from 2,500 images that were taken from the space station over that time period. The photos included images of the Milky Way, the auroras, lightning and cities at night.
Gerst, who returned to Earth last month, also shared many of the images on Twitter over the last year during his time aboard the ISS.
The North African deserts are one of the most impressive landscapes on our planet. #BlueDot archives pic.twitter.com/odM4gQ85ea
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) November 28, 2014
My favorite photo of #London. An urban remnant of nature's symmetry. #BlueDot archive https://t.co/P1glmK8c1z pic.twitter.com/mn1xNwtVhr
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) December 8, 2014
More #Aurora. #BlueDot archive #TwitterTuesday @Flickr https://t.co/lQMfRRtW1W pic.twitter.com/wlcmwBi7EB
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) December 9, 2014
...and I think to myself, "what a wonderful world"! #BlueDot pic.twitter.com/pPmfFI3wwg
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) October 26, 2014
To realize that humans can live in space I needed half a year up here. pic.twitter.com/vZ8F1qaRAU
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) November 8, 2014
From up here it is surprisingly obvious that our world is one connected system. #BlueDot pic.twitter.com/hvPCvY8l0z
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) November 8, 2014
A first #autumn dusting of snow in the European #Alps. #BlueDot pic.twitter.com/GYy8PDEcCb
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) October 30, 2014
On moonless nights, #Earth often seems to loom over us like a big black cannonball pic.twitter.com/j8RR852dyt
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) October 19, 2014
#SuperTyphoon #Vongfong is enormous even on a global scale. #BlueDot https://t.co/dp9q0SFiB5 pic.twitter.com/1YYw2AA2Zf
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) October 12, 2014