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Wonder of ScienceThis is what a rocket launch looks like from space.
Timelapse recorded from the International Space Station on 16 November 2018 by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst. Images courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center.
Walter Tross@wonderofscience I don't think I'm the only one who would like very much to know how many true seconds is a second of the video (i.e., the acceleration factor of the video).
@waltertross Approximately 8x, in real time it took 8.5 minutes.
@wonderofscience Thank you!
The Gneech! Awww Yeah
Pusher of Pixels@wonderofscience @ai6yr cool ISS view of a rocket launch.
lucky bastards can't hear it!
ChookMother π¦πΊπ¦@wonderofscience In our minds, massive. In real terms, miniscule.
Wm.sonBut but but I thought we but break through the firmament???
Many people are saying it....π
Walter8100000 π³π±πΊπ¦@wonderofscience you see that thin blue layer of gas on the surface? That's the layer we are polluting.
einfachnurRoland@Walter8100000 @wonderofscience And now imagine that the soil which is giving us our food is only 40cm.
Kucing Orens@wonderofscience wonderful
si_iriniOur world.....
stunning
amazing
unique
Bot4Sale@wonderofscience NGL, that looks pretty cool.
Puls@wonderofscience Does anyone know what the yellow-orange glow layer of the atmosphere is? What part of the atmosphere is it and why is it illuminated that way?
Airelle πΈ
@epithumia @wonderofscience Excellent! Thanks a lot!
ZΜoΓ©@wonderofscience [Norwegian singing]
jnpn@wonderofscience feels like the first time I saw 2001, deeper even.
thanks
Konomi Kitten@wonderofscience gawd that is amazing.
acm@wonderofscience alt text sounds wonderful, but I cannot find the right dot to watch!!
Coles Street Pothole@acm_redfox @wonderofscience Very soon into the vid, there is a small dot going from right to left, and after it passes the yellow boundary layer it sort of looks like fireworks; then, as the scene darkens, a discarded stage re-enters the atmosphere with a flash and returns to Earth as the rocket in outer space continues its journey.
@ColesStreetPothole @wonderofscience whoah, right to left?!? no wonder i didn't see it!
@ColesStreetPothole @wonderofscience success! thanks! (I had inverted the whole planet/space thing in my head! crazy)
Thorsten Biegner πͺπΊπΊπ¦π΅πΈ@wonderofscience why does it βexplodeβ at the end? Deploying satellites?
sohrobinator@wonderofscience That is one of the coolest things Iβve ever seen.