From NYTIMES.COM/DOTEARTH: Astronaut Don Pettit created an astounding video using a sequence of still images he shot of the aurora borealis (northern lights) from the International Space Station. For more on Dr. Pettit and the Earth from space, visit dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
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Look at a “Book”. The nearest star to us is 4 light years away. That is TRILLIONS of miles. The moon is only 280,000 miles. We cannot get to a star even if we wanted to. It is way too far away. But the moon is very close.
Look at the stars… Wonder why they were not included when men allegedly “went to the moon”… too hard maybe?
some read what is written some look with their eyes….helmsman 69-71 a non techy projection
yes a body without preconceptions sorry about the three letter word
they don’t move very fast, sort of like clouds changing shape.
Hey does anyone know how fast are auroras in person? I feel that most videos on auroras speed up the frame rate. But anyway I hope to see one in person soon
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it is animated, the spacestation never passes over the poles, and not in such a high orbit
Your right, I don’t want space thinking there’s a bogeyman hiding in the closet.
dont speak about religion, please. it’s not worthy of being mentioned in the presence of SPACE
If ancient man didn’t beleive in god, this would be a wery good reason for them to invent the idea.
The poster likely means that ancient humans were not aware of “God,” meaning the Judeo Christian god, which is true whether you think he doesn’t exist and is a human invention (and therefore didn’t come around until the first or second millenium BC), or if you think he’s real and believe that he kept a low profile between Noah and Abraham.
ancient man didn’t know of god? that’s an awfully presumptious assumption. Can you prove it?
Very cool to observe, but also not very healthy when you have to work during an aurora borealis in this thin atmosphere environment.
November 23rd, 2009 at 7:19 am
reflection from the surface of any planet or moon drowns out the light of the stars when the sun is shining on it. just get the hell out of here, you are freaking clueless.