A spectacular timelapse flying over Mexico and the United States at night in the International Space Station.

4K landscape version on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qf4a02yOsI

Flying into Sunrise on the International Space Station over Mexico and the United States

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Timelapse created using photographs taken from the International Space Station, courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS066-E-16986-17742 http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov.
Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth

@wonderofscience Stunning.

I've never thought about how concentrated lightning can be. A large storm or front, but the strikes seem to be contained to small areas.

@wonderofscience Je ziet ook gelijk hoe dun de dampkring is. En die zijn we nu aan het slopen…😩😢

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Two things stand out:

1) How thin the layer of "atmosphere" protecting all life on the planet actually is.

2) The orange tint of the atmosphere caused by particulates reflecting sunlight.

@wonderofscience This reminds me of the AppleTV screensavers that Apple partnered with ISS over.
@wonderofscience seems the world is burning