Lomography

This isnt exactly analogue, but this time lapse video from the international space station circling the world made up of thousands of hi res images will blow your socks off!

This morning i woke up, made myself a cup of coffee and did the usual 15 minute browse of facebook and lomography before i got on with my day. Whilst browsing through the hundreds of irrelevant posts of what people had on their toast this morning or how their day had already been ruined as their train was five minutes late. I came across this amazing video posted by a good friend of mine, and for that 5 minutes, i was mind blown.

This video was made up of thousands of hi resolution still images taken by the ISS’ onboard low light camera, as it circled the earth between August and October 2011.

It is amazing how the earth seems so small, and we can obviously see just by the lights of towns and cities how connected we are to one another, and how you can see where it glides over the whole of italy in one frame how small the earth is. The way the Aurora Borealis glides elegantly over the thin bubble of our atmosphire is just beautiful. In addition to this you will see comets, thunderstorms, satellites and cities and maybe a few places you will recognise!

Also give the soundtrack a listen too, i found this off of my friend Kevin’s blog (http://www.kevinpollard.com/) and he definately deserves credit as he wrote the track behind this and i feel he has really bought these epic clips to another dimension.

Videos courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. Edited by Michael König | koenigm.com
Audio courtesy of Kevin Pollard – http://www.kevinpollard.com/ (amazing musician and dear friend of mine and all round nice dude)

Shooting locations in order of appearance:

1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night / 2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night / 3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia / 4. Aurora Australis south of Australia / 5. Northwest coast of the United States to Central South America at Night / 6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean / 7. Halfway around the World / 8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East / 9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East / 10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night / 11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay / 12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night / 13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam / 14. Views of the Mideast at Night / 15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea / 16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night / 17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean / 18. Eastern Europe to Southeast Asia at Night