NASA’s New Time-Lapsed Videos Show North American Cities From Space — Can You Spot Yours?
- Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:34pm by
Liz Klimas
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View from space of the East Coast.
NASA must know how much earthlings like seeing their own planet from a space-eye view. Within the last week, it has released several new time-lapsed videos that break down North America by region.
(Related: New time-lapsed vid from space: Moon setting over the Atlantic during the day)
Watch as the International Space Station takes you from just southwest of Mexico up the United States Eastern Seaboard, hitting all the major cities (New Orleans, Mobile, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City):
Next, you can see the Great Plains at night. The footage goes from northern Mexico east toward Indiana and Ohio. It’s a short clip, but look closely around 0:15 to see the Aurora Borealis peaking out toward the top:
In a similar view of the plain states, though from a different direction, this video takes you though San Antonio and Houston up past Chicago (can you make out the Mitten State’s shape around 0:30?):
Vibrant northern lights can been seen in this footage taken from North Dakota toward Quebec:
Did you spot your city?
[H/T GeekOSystem]
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Comments (71)
The-Monk
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:43amWhen the camera went over my house I turned all my house lights off and on a few times but I couldn’t see it in the video : (
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 8:39amYou’re a dork. I love it!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 8:08pm@4xeverything
Report Post »Thank you. It took me about an hour to find a dorky enough replacement for the word “satellite” : )
Indymaverick
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:38amI wonder how many windmills are powering those lights ? Probably not many.
Report Post »SurhanSurhan
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:33amAllahu Akbar!
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:08amAllah is the pagan moon god.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:28amCorrection: Allah *was* a pagan moon god.
One of many.
Now, he’s just a reason to blow yourself up and try to take as many infidels as you can.
Report Post »SurhanSurhan
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:47amYou guys need a new playbook, you repeat the same miss-information over and over again. There is this thing in America called a Library and in that Library they have books. Go there and pick up a book called ‘The World Book Encyclopedia’ or ‘The Encyclopedia Britannica’ and read (if you can comprehend) what non-Muslims say about Islam, the Qur’an and Muhammad. You will see that what others have said is not true.
Then you guys can stop looking like someones sock puppet, repeating the same-ole miss-information put out by John Hagee and other infidels.
There are black-sheep Muslims out there. Just like there are black-sheep Christians (K-K-K-) out there, but they don’t represent the majority.
God has begotten a son….Whatever!
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 8:39amHey SURHAN, I don’t think the KKK would allow any black sheep.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:16pmTROLL ALERT…
Report Post »Just IGNORE “surhansurhan”
he wants you to REACT to him. Do not give him the pleasure.
he wants to distract you from the facts and the articles. Don’t let him.
The only good way to deal with TROLLS is to IGNORE THEM.
SurhanSurhan
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:10pm@ TOMFERRARI- Follow your own advice…please.
Report Post »Br1ck
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:01pmLooks like surhan caught some feelings
Report Post »702TruthSeeker
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:15amnow all we need is a PBS special called “EMPs for dummies / iranian psychopath leaders”
Report Post »702TruthSeeker
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:11amso now we are doing our enemy’s homework for them… hmm, if someone was to drop a few EMPs, they would place one there, and another one there, and another one in that really bright spot over there… congrats, money well spent… hopefully more is being spent on keeping those bright spots safe
Report Post »WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges10
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:57amTo turn lemons into lemonade …
Report Post »Oh, look! There’s WASHINGTON DC!
{nuclear flash}
Never mind. And thanks!
elihu
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:37pmDamn, I left my front porch light on…
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:21pmLOOK!!…..THERE IT IS!!……….Frannie, Wyoming!……Population 157…….I see it!!…………..
Report Post »supressorgrid
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:57pmOnce again the mid-south is the red headed stepchild of America. We were ignored.
Report Post »TROONORTH
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:06pmWOW! The mid south has electric lights?!!?
Report Post »ladyda
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:51pmYup…..& we have indoor terlets, too!
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:51pmQuestion is is how long before it goes dark again. What an outlook.
Report Post »America needs to wake up soon.
A. James
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:14pmHAHA…rarely do I have the motivation to log in and comment unless I’m really fired up or something made me genuinely laugh. These comments made me laugh literally out loud.
Report Post »PRRedlin
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:49pmThat would be Mexico to New Brunswick… I see geography is not your strong point.
Report Post »frodis
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:55amThey ignored South Florida. Isn‘t it amazing that we have this great space station only to be dismantled by the russians by 2020 and Obozo hasn’t said a word to defend it? Well I guess he can’t since we chose not to replace the Space Shuttle with a new shuttle fleet. Big mistake made by the last 3 Presidents not to take care of. Clinton should have gotten the ball running. I bet we could have taken the ones we had and have done a complete over haul of them too. Now were just useless. Jobs of great scientist gone. NASA on the brink of ending it’s brilliant run at dominating space. I gues it’s all yours China and Russia.
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:09pmamerica the greatest country on earth. but not according to obama.
Report Post »jlcook
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:09pmAlright Blaze we really have to do something about spell check on the headlines and what not, your better than this, still love ya though!
Report Post »skitrees
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:12pm@Jlcook – you do see the irony of YOUR statement, right?
;^)
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:23pmI hate it when I do that!……………………
Report Post »Schteveo
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:05pmSo much for me writing abilities! I misspelled ‘at’, as ‘art’.
Then again, I don‘t have anyway to spellcheck comments and I don’t have an editor here proofreading my comments.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:24pmhttp://www.iespell.com/download.php
Of course it won’t determine whether you intend “at” or “art” but it’s a handy little app. …ane it’s free.
Report Post »Schteveo
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:59pmI did see my city. Or at least the general area of the NC Triangle area.
Report Post »Schteveo
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:55pmDid anyone see a problem with this heading?
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NASA Time-Lapse:Fine your city!
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Let me say art the outset, I WAS a HS dropout. I quit from absolute boredom. Even in 1972 them teaching to the lowest common intelligence left me bored. So I went to work. Ultimately I became a international corporate technical trainer. I am, by nature, autodidactic, I hate classrooms unless I’m the guy with the front desk and lesson plan. I know most of what I know, from reading. That’s MY pedigree.
I wonder which college or university the writer and/or editor of this story attended? Yeah, it seems like a silly, miniscule point to make. But IF we are going to turn the country around, we’ve got to be able to say,
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“…uh, excuse me sir, miss or ma’am, but you‘ve used either an incorrect word ’here’, or you’ve simply misspelled the one you intended to use. Thanks, have a nice day and use the spell check and online Thesaurus next time.”
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Otherwise, English will become a dead language even faster.
FreeSlave
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:05pmi think you need to cool it.
Report Post »supressorgrid
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:54pmA Freudian slip perhaps?
Report Post »zman173rd
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:37amHey SCHTEVO, doesn’t it amaze you that, whenever anyone has anything that amounts to constructive criticism of THE (omnipotent) Blaze, the protectors of all that is good with the world come out of the cracks in the woodwork and the crevices in the floor to pounce on those who would attempt to undermine or do harm (even in meaningful constructive terms) to their baby? EVERY time someone tries to correct the ALMIGHTY Blaze the high and mighty’s ride to the rescue. They say everything from, “COOL IT”, to “you are detracting from the story”, and “you miss the point”, and they will always find errors in your comments to show you than no one is perfect. And I mean EVERY TIME someone makes what the Guards of Liberty feel is an attack on this site on ANY article, boy you will be chastised and made to look a fool. You do it in good faith and for good reason. I still can’t figure out why they come at you like angry wasps. All that’s would be necessary is for the blaze to be a LITTLE more professional in their editing and story writing. Proofing has been around longer than the web so that’s nothing new. guys, we’re all in this together. Wouldn‘t you rather have a site that’s run professionally than something that’s akin to a high school newspaper? I’m not saying with THE BLAZE, it happens more than other sites, It’s just that it never seems to get better. And that’s probably helped along by many who accept errors without question. QUESTION WITH BOLDNESS!! W
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:06pmHow do you guys like the telescope you bought with funds the Government stole from you at the point of the IRSs gun?
You are awed by the ligts not knowing your liberty has been stolen…sad.
Report Post »Wake up Sheeple!!
libtardian-refugee
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:30pmAnd don’t forget, they are watching a heck of a lot closer than these videos
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:43pmPretty soon its going to get much darker at night across these United States.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:24pmI like it a heck of alot better than Ron Paul and the Paulistinians……………..
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:27pmNeed to change your name to irrational man
Report Post »THE EQUALIZER
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:04pmI saw muchell Obama big ass.
Report Post »libtardian-refugee
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:35pmI think that was actually Lake Michigan
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:50pmHey I can see my house from here.
Report Post »WithTheOldBreed
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:33pmNope…my community of 300 is not visible on any of these pictures or video…can you get in closer?
Report Post »libtardian-refugee
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:34pmYou should feel lucky, if you can’t find your own town, maybe the government can’t either
Report Post »TexBork
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:25pmCan I spot my city? I don’t think so in that. I’ve found my house online before. That’s kind of an odd feeling. Next time I’ll follow the home owners association rules and make sure I wear pants and a shirt before standing in front of the sliding glass window that faces the golf course…
Report Post »Tear Em Up
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:32pmRight? I live in a town with a population of 3000 people about an hour south of Chicago. I’m sure my town is drowned out by the lights of Chicago. I know my towns common sense is drowned out by the liberal stupidity of Chicago…….
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mikeleeandterrymartin/Number_102_February_11th_2012.mp3
Report Post »TexBork
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:26pm@Tear Em Up, Yeah, my town has about half as many folks as yours and as liberal as Austin is, they can sure burn through energy like they are all have “Al Gore” homes and UT probably consumes enough energy to represent the output of a large powerplant by itself.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:15pmThat’s about all we can do is take pictures with satellites, now, since dumba$$ pretty much shut down NASA. When China goes to the moon and claims it, they will have a strategic vantage point. Anyone read “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress” by Heinlein?
Report Post »TROONORTH
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:12pmYes. Great book. Sadly applicable to today.
Report Post »DD313
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:04pmThe frightening thing to see would be the same nighttime view after a hostile state has set off an EMP producing nuke over the Eastern Seaboard.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:27pmI remember watching a program about how on 9/11 the US was declared a no-fly zone and all planes were to land immediately. They showed the ATC board and you find yourself thinking “…..” (brain shuts down from overload).
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:56pmGosh, all the lights in North Dakota are green! I wonder if they use different colors at Christmas time.
o o
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DD313
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:06pmThat’s what green energy will do for you.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:28pmDid anyone else notice how dark Canada seemed to be? Do they use street lamps up there?
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:55pmNo wonder kids don’t know what a starry sky looks like. All the sodium vapor lights (yellow spectrum) cause a light shield that blocks all but the brightest stars. Give me a place 100 or more miles from these sources and I’ll stay happy. Since no specific scale could be attributed to the videos it’s hard to tell but my guess would be that few of those remain anywhere near the Eastern Seaboard.
Report Post »MS Patriot
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:20pmElephants Butte, New Mexico. The stars and moon look close enough to touch.
Report Post »jackofiron
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:51pmI even turned my lights on so ET could find his way home. no luck. :(
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:47pm.
Report Post »Give Obama 4 more years, and that map will be as black as N. Korea………
JBaer
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:56pmHa ha! Oh so true!!
Mine would have been just east of the last video shown (MN here) I sure regognized the Northern Lights though! At least Obama can’t take that away!!
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:25pm@SpankDaMonkey
Report Post »-after four more years, and he will think it’s his kingdom.
ChiefGeorge
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:45pmDon’t be so sure! He controls the media and the mdeia control what you get to see.
Report Post »DV
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 3:01pmSpanky, now that’s funny. True, but still funny. … hold on a second … BRB … uh, I have been handed a note here by the Ministry of Information: it says, all jokes about our Maximum Leader and Moonbat-in-Chief, Barack Hussein Obama, which are both true and funny are outlawed, effective immediately and the joksters are subject to arrest by the FBI.
Signed,
Valerie Jarrett, Subcommander-in-Chief, White House Media Control and Coordination Directive Committee, the White House, Washington, DC.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:42pmNope couldn’t spot mine .
Report Post »it’s the broke State .
scruffycat
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:45pmYeah me too. I guess the west coast just isn’t bright enough at night to warrant a flyover. That could be a good thing :)
Report Post »Jase
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:58pmYou didn‘t see CA because they didn’t show it. California is extremely bright at night, there are other pictures of it in the net.
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