Explanation:
What would it be like to orbit the Earth?
The International Space Station (ISS) does this every 90 minutes,
and sometimes the astronauts on board
take image sequences that are
made into videos.
The
featured time-lapse video
shows many visual spectacles of the
dark Earth below.
First, as the video begins,
green
and red auroras are visible on the upper left above white clouds.
Soon city lights come into view, and it
becomes clear you are flying over
North America,
eventually passing over
Florida.
In the second sequence you fly over
Europe and
Africa, eventually passing over
the
Nile River.
Brief flashes of light are
lightning in
storms.
Stars far in the distance can be seen rising through the
greenish-gold
glow of the
Earth's
atmosphere.