Earthlapse: Timelapse video of Earth ... from space

While the music could maybe be a bit more dramatic than mere house music, this timelapse video is absolutely stunning.  

It was created from photos taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst while orbiting Earth on the International Space Station.

The video was created in Ultra High Definition - the highest available, so if you have the bandwidth, for full effect don't forget to change your settings on the YouTube video while watching...




According to the description on YouTube, basically this time lapse video is a sequence of still photos, taken at a resolution of 4256 x 2832 pixels at a rate of one every second. The high resolution allowed the ESA production team to create a 3840 x 2160 pixel movie, also known as Ultra HD or 4K.

The artistic effects of the light trails from stars and cities at night are created by superimposing the individual images and fading them out slowly.

Alexander Gerst is a member of the International Space Station Expedition 40 crew. He is spending five and a half months living and working on the ISS for his Blue Dot mission.