What Does It Feel Like To Fly Over Planet Earth? (VIDEO)

In this YouTube video shared by yesterday2221 you will see 600 photos from ‘Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth’ strung together in a Time-Lapse video by science educator James Drake from the International Space Station as it orbits the Earth at night over North and South America. The video begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico, Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and the Amazon. Also visible is the Earth’s ionosphere (thin yellow line) and the stars of our galaxy.