{"id":2136,"date":"2013-03-31T15:19:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T22:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2013-03-31T15:22:27","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T22:22:27","slug":"flying-over-the-earth-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/2013\/03\/31\/flying-over-the-earth-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Over the Earth at Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This video is so amazing that I had to repost it as it came. This was originally posted on &#8220;<a title=\"Astronomy Picture of the Day\" href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Astronomy Picture of the Day<\/a>&#8220;, a daily blog site highly recommended for everyone with an interest in astronomy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FG0fTKAqZ5g\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Video Credit:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/eol.jsc.nasa.gov\/\">Gateway to Astronaut Photography<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\">NASA<\/a>\u00a0;\u00a0<i>Compilation:\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Bitmeizer\">David Peterson<\/a>\u00a0(YouTube);<br \/>\n<i>Music:\u00a0<\/i>Freedom Fighters (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Two_Steps_From_Hell\">Two Steps from Hell<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><b>Explanation:\u00a0<\/b>Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. A compilation of such visual spectacles was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FG0fTKAqZ5g\">captured recently<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap110309.html\">International Space Station<\/a>\u00a0(ISS) and set to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bowhouse.com.au\/UserFiles\/2415-Files\/Image\/CS9277BD.jpg\">rousing<\/a>\u00a0music. Passing below are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5583751\/why-are-clouds-white\">white clouds<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap081005.html\">orange city lights<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucar.edu\/communications\/infopack\/lightning\/faq.html\">lightning flashes<\/a>\u00a0in thunderstorms, and dark\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Color_of_water\">blue seas<\/a>. On the horizon is the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap100623.html\">golden haze<\/a>\u00a0of Earth&#8217;s thin atmosphere, frequently decorated by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap110328.html\">dancing auroras<\/a>\u00a0as the video progresses. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap110517.html\">green parts<\/a>\u00a0of auroras typically remain below the space station, but the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/science-news\/science-at-nasa\/2012\/02mar_aurorasunderfoot\/\">station flies right through<\/a>\u00a0the red and purple auroral peaks. Solar panels of the ISS are seen around the frame edges. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bowhouse.com.au\/UserFiles\/2415-Files\/Image\/CS9277BD.jpg\">ominous<\/a>\u00a0wave of approaching brightness at the end of each sequence is just the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap120116.html\">dawn<\/a>\u00a0of the sunlit half of Earth, a dawn that occurs\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/audience\/foreducators\/k-4\/features\/LEO_index.html\">every 90 minutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"apf_post_footer\">\n<h4>Related Articles:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3449\">A Space Poster With Mysterious Origins<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3445\">Coat And Hat Stands<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3442\">Cover of LIFE Magazine, 1941<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3428\">Did Rocket Pioneer Robert Goddard Ever Work On Mount Wilson?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3422\">Christmas At Hollywood And Vine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video is so amazing that I had to repost it as it came. This was originally posted on &#8220;Astronomy Picture of the Day&#8220;, a daily blog site highly recommended for everyone with an interest in astronomy. Video Credit:\u00a0Gateway to Astronaut Photography,\u00a0NASA\u00a0;\u00a0Compilation:\u00a0David Peterson\u00a0(YouTube); Music:\u00a0Freedom Fighters (Two Steps from Hell) Explanation:\u00a0Many wonders are visible when flying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2139,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions\/2139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}