Cebu_4_2
29th August 2012, 12:24 PM
Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html) Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2012 March 5
Flying Over the Earth at Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0fTKAqZ5g&feature=player_embedded
Video Credit: Gateway to Astronaut Photography (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/), NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/) ; Compilation: Bitmeizer (http://www.youtube.com/user/Bitmeizer) (YouTube);
Music: Freedom Fighters (Two Steps from Hell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Steps_From_Hell)) Explanation: Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. A compilation of such visual spectacles was captured recently (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0fTKAqZ5g) from the International Space Station (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110309.html) (ISS) and set to rousing (http://www.bowhouse.com.au/UserFiles/2415-Files/Image/CS9277BD.jpg) music. Passing below are white clouds (http://io9.com/5583751/why-are-clouds-white), orange city lights (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081005.html), lightning flashes (http://www.ucar.edu/communications/infopack/lightning/faq.html) in thunderstorms, and dark blue seas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_of_water). On the horizon is the golden haze (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100623.html) of Earth's thin atmosphere, frequently decorated by dancing auroras (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110328.html) as the video progresses. The green parts (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110517.html) of auroras typically remain below the space station, but the station flies right through (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/02mar_aurorasunderfoot/) the red and purple auroral peaks. Solar panels of the ISS are seen around the frame edges. The ominous (http://www.bowhouse.com.au/UserFiles/2415-Files/Image/CS9277BD.jpg) wave of approaching brightness at the end of each sequence is just the dawn (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120116.html) of the sunlit half of Earth, a dawn that occurs every 90 minutes (http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/k-4/features/LEO_index.html).
Quiz: Can you identify any of the landscapes? (http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=120305)
2012 March 5
Flying Over the Earth at Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0fTKAqZ5g&feature=player_embedded
Video Credit: Gateway to Astronaut Photography (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/), NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/) ; Compilation: Bitmeizer (http://www.youtube.com/user/Bitmeizer) (YouTube);
Music: Freedom Fighters (Two Steps from Hell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Steps_From_Hell)) Explanation: Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. A compilation of such visual spectacles was captured recently (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0fTKAqZ5g) from the International Space Station (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110309.html) (ISS) and set to rousing (http://www.bowhouse.com.au/UserFiles/2415-Files/Image/CS9277BD.jpg) music. Passing below are white clouds (http://io9.com/5583751/why-are-clouds-white), orange city lights (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081005.html), lightning flashes (http://www.ucar.edu/communications/infopack/lightning/faq.html) in thunderstorms, and dark blue seas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_of_water). On the horizon is the golden haze (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100623.html) of Earth's thin atmosphere, frequently decorated by dancing auroras (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110328.html) as the video progresses. The green parts (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110517.html) of auroras typically remain below the space station, but the station flies right through (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/02mar_aurorasunderfoot/) the red and purple auroral peaks. Solar panels of the ISS are seen around the frame edges. The ominous (http://www.bowhouse.com.au/UserFiles/2415-Files/Image/CS9277BD.jpg) wave of approaching brightness at the end of each sequence is just the dawn (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120116.html) of the sunlit half of Earth, a dawn that occurs every 90 minutes (http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/k-4/features/LEO_index.html).
Quiz: Can you identify any of the landscapes? (http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=120305)