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  • Alexander Gerst’s Earth timelapses

    Alexander Gerst’s Earth timelapses

    Watch Earth roll by through the perspective of ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst in this six-minute timelapse video from space. Combining 12 500 images taken by Alexander during his six-month Blue Dot mission on the International Space Station this Ultra High Definition video shows the best our beautiful planet has to offer.

    Marvel at the auroras, sunrises, clouds, stars, oceans, the Milky Way, the International Space Station, lightning, cities at night, spacecraft and the thin band of atmosphere that protects us from space.

    Often while conducting scientific experiments or docking spacecraft Alexander would set cameras to automatically take pictures at regular intervals. Combining these images gives the timelapse effect seen in this video.

    Watch the video in 4K resolution for the best effect and find out more about Alexander Gerst’s Blue Dot mission here: http://www.esa.int/BlueDot

    Follow Alexander Gerst via http://alexandergerst.esa.int

    Audio via the Audio Network library:
    1. Into The Matrix (1899/6) Jason Pedder / Ben Ziapour
    2. We Are Delirious (2073/6) Annie Drury / Bob Bradley / Matt Sanchez / Matt Parker

  • Earth images from Alexander Gerst in 4K

    Earth images from Alexander Gerst in 4K

    This timelapse video was made from images taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst orbiting Earth on the International Space Station.

    The video is offered in Ultra High Definition, the highest available to consumers. Be sure to change the settings in YouTube if your computer or television can handle it for the full effect.

    The montage is made from a long sequence of still photographs taken at a resolution of 4256 x 2832 pixels at a rate of one every second. The high resolution allowed the ESA production team to create a 3840 x 2160 pixel movie, also known as Ultra HD or 4K.

    Playing these sequences at 25 frames per second, the film runs 25 times faster than it looks for the astronauts in space.

    The artistic effects of the light trails from stars and cities at night are created by superimposing the individual images and fading them out slowly.

    Alexander Gerst is a member of the International Space Station Expedition 40 crew. He is spending five and a half months living and working on the ISS for his Blue Dot mission.