Live footage of Earth seen from the International Space Station ISS. The High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment places HD cameras on the exterior of the space station and uses them to stream live video of Earth for viewing online. Watch the video below.
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Spectacular Timelapse of Mount Etna Eruption
On December 3, 2015, Photographer Marco Restivo, 29, captured an incredible time-lapse video of Mount Etna, Europe’s tallest active volcano spitting fire and sending plumes of smoke into the air. This is the first eruption to reach the surface of Etna’s Voragine crater in two years. Marco used photo editing software to overlap five images to create one… Continue reading Spectacular Timelapse of Mount Etna Eruption
Astronomers Unveil a 46-Gigapixel Image of Space
Astronomers at Germany’s Ruhr-Universität Bochum have created the largest astronomical image of space to date. The image is composted from some 268 individual shots captured over the past five years and spans a staggering 46 billion pixels, or 46 gigapixels. That’s 855,000 by 54,000 pixels. The university has created an online viewer to explore the… Continue reading Astronomers Unveil a 46-Gigapixel Image of Space
Timeless Dreams
Photographer Julian Tryba and Michael Sutton have been working on a new time-lapse technique called “layer-lapse.” By showing different regions of a scene at different points in time, a layer lapse takes us through a trippy, psychedelic visual ride. In the video below, both photographer have traveled through Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California to capture… Continue reading Timeless Dreams
World’s Largest Optical Telescope
The Giant Magellan Telescope will be the biggest Earth-based optical telescope ever built, planned for completion in 2025. It will be able to produce spectacular images, 10 times sharper than those captured by Hubble Space Telescope. Built high in the mountains of northern Chile in Las Campanas Observatory, the GMT—whose primary optics consist of 7… Continue reading World’s Largest Optical Telescope
Lost GoPro Found 2 Years Later With Stunning Shots
Back in June 2013, Bryan Chan and his four friends lost their GoPro after using a balloon to send it 98,000ft high. Two year later, the team got a phone call from a woman who found a strange box with their names on it. In it was the camera and all of the original images still… Continue reading Lost GoPro Found 2 Years Later With Stunning Shots
Incredible Natural Phenomenon Time-Lapse Video
Photographer Jeff Boyce created an fascinating time-lapse video that perfectly captures the natural phenomena of the world that alters our natural systems and causes the climate change. The “Edge of Stability” is a result of 70,000 photos and nearly 32,000 kilometers (20,000 miles) of driving across 15 states. Watch the video below.
Spectacular Time-Lapse of Mount Hood in Oregon
Filmmaker Tyler Hulett created a spectacular time-lapse of Mount Hood in Oregon, as part of his ongoing Discover Oregon video series. The video was shot April through May 2015 on the edge of Oregon’s upper Hood River Valley. via: Laughing Squid