Time lapse video from the ISS

The name of this website is look at stars – but the opposite direction is very beautiful, too:
A look from the ISS in a stunning time lapse video makes Galileo Galileis quote true:

If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon

The video has a completely different view on auroras and lightnings as well as all the brightly illuminated cities (well this is probably something that Galileo did not anticipate…

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