Som ET - 76 - Earth - ISS 031-E-100132-103530 - Sunrise and sunset around summer solstice

The ISS makes an almost complete orbit around the Earth while pointing the camera towards the Northern Hemisphere around the Summer Solstice. Throughout this pass, the sun begins to set througth the solar panels on the ISS and barely touches the edge of the Earth before it begins to rise again. During the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, latitudes above approximately 67 degrees receive 24 hours of daylight.

The sequence of shots was taken from June 6, 2012 from 04:42:11 to 05:41:16 GMT, on a pass from the Southern Ocean, south of Tasmania, to western Africa, over northern Mali.

Audio: Som ET - 83 - Earth

Audio recordings of NASA's Van Allen Probes/Waves plasma wave observations.

The Van Allen Probes EMFISIS Waves instruments detect electric and magnetic components of plasma waves and radio waves that range through frequencies that include those audible to humans. Although these differ from the pressure waves that we normally think of as sound, they can be used to drive speakers and produce sounds we can hear.

Credit: University of Iowa, Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit,
NASA Johnson Space Center (ISS031-E-100132-103530) eol.jsc.nasa.gov

#iss #nasa #earth #space #timelapse #stars #world #sun #sunrise #sunset #InternationalSpaceStation