Have you ever laid down in the grass and found yourself in a staring-contest with the stars, wondering what Superman, Silver Surfer and Jeebus see when they fly over the Earth? Now you can get an idea in the very cool time lapse video below. Over 600 photos were taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbited the planet at night. The video, assembled by science educator James Drake, begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America—you can see cities lit up like Lite-Bright pushpins and flashing blue storms—before entering daylight near Antarctica.
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