A German astronaut, Alexander Gerst has taken spectacular images of polar auroras whilst orbiting Earth on the International Space Station. His pictures led to the creation of the Ultra-HD – time lapse video, running at 25 frames per second.
The pictures were taken at a resolution of 4,256 x 2,832 pixels and depict his orbit around the Earth alongside his fellow ISS Space Station crewmembers.
Gerst’s expedition shows the different hues of the Earth’s atmosphere, the launch of a satellite, the rippling greenish lights characteristic of the electrically-charged sun particle collisions, and bright city lights in the night.
The pictures were taken at a resolution of 4,256 x 2,832 pixels and depict his orbit around the Earth alongside his fellow ISS Space Station crewmembers.
Gerst’s expedition shows the different hues of the Earth’s atmosphere, the launch of a satellite, the rippling greenish lights characteristic of the electrically-charged sun particle collisions, and bright city lights in the night.
“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,” the European Space Agency wrote in a release with the video.
The Ultra-High-Definition video – the best video quality possible to date – comes with the instruction: “Be sure to change the settings in YouTube if your computer or television can handle it for the full effect.”
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