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This video demonstrates what it feels like to fly over planet Earth, and it was made by people that know what they are talking about.
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how fast is that sat going?
did they speed it up or it really goes that fast?
[H]ealer;1037781209 said:This running at about 10% speed would be the perfect screensaver!!
What is that outline... is that the atmostphere? Also, what was up with all the "fire" like .... objects? They can't all be errupting volcanoes.
I have to admit, I wasn't too impressed until I saw the lightning storms...
that was cool as hell, especially the lightning storms. but damn some bubbas need to turn off the lights!
It's neat seeing the thunderstorms - the twinkling/flashing cloudtops is lightning!
You sure that's lightning, and not the Aurora? (Didn't watch it full-screen, sorry)
Awesome video, and I thought of two questions while watching:
1. Wouldn't there be some flickering of lights in the cities due to buildings turning their lights off, etc? Or would things like individual buildings turning off their lights not be noticeable from so high up?
2. I know the video is sped up, but roughly how fast do satellites like this travel?
The circular orbital velocity of a satellite in low earth orbit is about 7 km/s or 25000 km/hr or 17500 miles/hr. If it reaches sqrt(2) times the circular velocity, it will escape from earth orbit and go into orbit about the sun.
The current record holder for a man made object is the New Horizons probe, which left earth orbit at 16 km/s.
A satellite can travel 5 miles per second, therefore that equals 300 miles a minute. So that means a satellite travels at an unbelievable speed of 18,000mph . THATS VERY FAST!!!!!!!!
Atmosphere. As far as the fire like objects, you mean the cities?
Awesome video, and I thought of two questions while watching:
1. Wouldn't there be some flickering of lights in the cities due to buildings turning their lights off, etc? Or would things like individual buildings turning off their lights not be noticeable from so high up?
2. I know the video is sped up, but roughly how fast do satellites like this travel?
The ISS is maintained in a nearly circular orbit with a minimum mean altitude of 278 km (173 mi) and a maximum of 460 km (286 mi). It travels at an average speed of 27,724 kilometres (17,227 mi) per hour, and completes 15.7 orbits per day
Well, I created a screensaver if anyone wants it.
I downloaded the the video at highest setting with YouTube Downloader.
Convert the MP4 to SWF at max settings.
Created the Screen Saver via Instant Storm
http://www.2shared.com/file/i5y3x_N1/Earth_Fly_Over.html
It was more an exercise in trying to see how quickly I could do it with a free tool, more than anything. NO advertising/Links/etc added by me.