This is Why Kids Want to Grow Up to be Astronauts

By Chuck Sudo in News on Nov 14, 2011 10:00PM

Remember those photos and video we posted of the aurora borealis a couple of weeks back? Well, Michael König edited together photographs from astronaut Ron Garan to create a stunning time-lapse video of the view from space.

König believes Garan took these photos from a distance of 350 km above the earth, taken with a high ISO HD Camera developed by NHK Japan, nicknamed the SS-HDTV camera. You've got an hour until you clock out, enjoy the view.

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.