Awe-Inspiring Time-Lapse Created Using Night Shots of Earth
Photographer Knate Myers of Albuquerque, New Mexico created this awe-inspiring time-lapse video using …
Photographer Knate Myers of Albuquerque, New Mexico created this awe-inspiring time-lapse video using …
Photographing lighting from the ground is cool enough, but if you happen to be taking pictures of a thunderstorm from, say, space (we know, unlikely, but never say never) on rare occasions you may capture something like what you see above. This is a picture of a "red sprite," a phenomenon that takes place when lightning doesn't shoot down but instead explodes 50-miles high in the clouds and fires red tendrils even higher.
18-year-old photography enthusiast Tomislav Safundžić of Croatia gathered some …
Ever wonder what camera gear NASA astronaut Don Pettit uses to shoot his amazing photographs from the International Space Station? Here's a portrait of Don floating around on with his massive collection of Nikon DSLRs and lenses. How much of the gear can you identify?
A couple of years ago, FujiFilm sent a Real 3D W1 up to the International Space Station for the astronauts to play with in what we can only assume is their abundant free time. That camera yielded the pictures you see above and below -- which you can experience in their full glory with a pair of 3D glasses -- and now FujiFilm has sent up the updated W3 to hopefully continue this tradition of documenting life on the ISS in 3D.
Last month we shared a long exposure photograph by NASA astronaut Don Pettit that showed star trails and city trails in the same frame. Turns out the photo was just one of many long exposure images shot by Pettit so far during Expedition 31. The photograph above shows star trails, an aurora, and flashes of lightning splattered all across the surface of the Earth.
NASA astronaut Don Pettit shot this beautiful long exposure photograph showing star trails and city trails from the International Space Station. The image was created by combining 18 separate long-exposure photographs.
Photographer Shane Murphy has written up an …
Here's a fascinating video by NASA that explains what auroras are and what they look like from space. It's filled with beautiful photographs and time-lapse sequences captured by astronauts on the International Space Station. Astronaut photographer Don Pettit, who maintains a blog about his experiences, writes that taking pictures of Earth is harder than it looks.
This past Sunday, a group of amateur astronomers in San Antonio, Texas successfully “flashed” the International Space Station with …
NASA photographer Lauren Harnett captured this photograph of the International Space Station passing in front of the moon. What’s …
Over the past year, there have been a number of jaw-dropping (and viral) time-lapse videos created from the amazing …
Between August and October of this year, the crew onboard the International Space Station used a Nikon D3S (at high ISOs) to capture photographs of Earth as they zipped around it at 17,000mph. Michael Konig then took the footage and compiled it into this eye-popping time-lapse video showing what our planet looks like from up there.
Inspired by the incredible ISS time-lapse that went viral recently, YouTube user …
This incredible time-lapse video was created using photos captured from the International Space Station at night. [It] begins over …
Here’s a photograph we’ve all taken… only in our bathroom mirror. NASA astronaut Michael Fincke shot …
Nikon and NASA are showcasing some amazing photos taken aboard the International Space Station with Nikon equipment. According to Nikon, NASA took over 700,000 photos with the Nikon gear kept on board, which includes one Nikon D3S DSLR, eight Nikon D2XS cameras, 36 NIKKOR lenses including three teleconverters, seven SB-800 Speedlights, and other gear. Nikon notes that the D3S is unmodified, and is the same quality as available on the consumer market.
Nikon has a long history with NASA since sending a Nikon F camera with Apollo 15 in 1971. Since then, Nikon's enjoyed exposure while helping NASA get image exposures. Most recently, the D3S that is currently on board was delivered to the ISS via the Space Shuttle Discovery, launched April 10, 2010. NASA says each shuttle launch costs approximately $450 million -- that is one expensive delivery! Here are more images from the International Space Station taken with Nikon gear: