Nikon Europe released this 3-minute video by SmugMug Films showing a compilation of time-lapse videos of Earth created using still photos shot by Nikon DSLRs onboard the International Space Station.
For years, airline pilots have reported seeing unusual lightning phenomenon that we don't get to witness from the ground. Luckily for us, astronauts on the International Space Station have a perfect vantage point, and one of them did capture "blue lightning" while orbiting the Earth.
This video by RT, titled "Space 360," is the first-ever interactive 360-degree video shot on the International Space Station. It's also of special interest for photography enthusiasts: it shows the inside of the service module, where the astronauts' Nikon DSLR cameras and lenses are stored on the walls.
If you've ever dreamed of spending even just 15 minutes floating around the International Space Station—of staring out at Earth through the Cupola with a DSLR in your hand—then NASA's got a Holiday season treat for you.
Virtual reality... from space. That, in a nut shell, is the appropriately named startup SpaceVR's goal. And in 2017, they will have achieved that goal when they launch the Overview 1 virtual reality satellite into low-Earth orbit.
Ever wonder how astronauts manage to take cameras outside the International Space Station, where the temperature of an object can reach 250°F in the sun and -250°F in the shade? Here's your answer!
Now THIS is a sunrise timelapse. Captured by astronaut Jeff Williams on the International Space Station as a way to celebrate the station's 100,000th tour around the world, the video is breathtaking in the way only images of our planet from space can really be.
We've seen people do some cool things using NASA's beautiful images of Earth captured from the International Space Station (ISS). But Armand Dijcks' 4K space cinemagraphs might just take the zen-like cake.
We can come to terms with the fact that that astronauts aboard the ISS get a view none of us can access and gear few of us can afford, but do they have to rub our noses in it!? We're joking of course, but the latest vlog from aboard the ISS does have us pretty jealous.
You've probably seen countless photos by now of astronauts working inside and outside the International Space Station, but sometimes it's hard to get a sense of scale when the photos don't show much of the station. If you'd like an idea of just how big the station is, check out this photo of American astronaut Kjell Lindgren working on it.
Here's a portrait of Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko posing with Nikon DSLR gear on the International Space Station on October 6th, 2015. Tens of thousands of dollars in camera equipment is stored on the walls of Zvezda, the Russian service module in the ISS. As you can see, there are lens mounts fixed to the walls of the module for storing the collection of glass.
Back in 2009, Samantha Cristoforetti was selected by the European Space Agency to become Italy's first female astronaut. She went on to spend 200 days aboard the International Space Station, setting the record for the longest continuous space flight by a woman.
If you're interested in space travel yourself, you should take a look at Cristoforetti's Flickr account, where she has been faithfully documenting the things she sees and experiences.
On July 19th, after NASA astronaut Scott Kelly's 114th day on the International Space Station, Kelly pointed his camera out a window and captured this gorgeous photo that shows the Earth, the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter lined up in a row.
Photographer Trevor Mahlmann has a knack for capturing light trails showing the International Space Station zipping across the sky. Back in June, he made headlines by photographing the ISS from the seat of airliner as he cruised at 40,000 feet. Now he's back again with another neat feat: he shot a self-portrait of himself staring up at the ISS as it zipped by overhead.
Amateur photographer Dylan O’Donnell recently captured this beautiful photograph of the International Space Station flying across the face of the moon over Australia. The silhouette of the station can be seen in the upper right hand corner.
This is impressive: photographer and aspiring astronaut Trevor Mahlmann was sitting in the seat of an airplane at 40,000 feet this past Tuesday when he managed to plan and shoot this stacked long-exposure photo showing the International Space Station whizzing by.
Photographs captured from the International Space Station have gotten a lot of press in recent years, especially as social networking has helped to share them with a wider audience. Quite a few time-lapses have been made as well using those photos.
Usually those videos are created by video editors who combine all kinds of photos found on space agency websites. The video above is a bit different: it was created with photos captured by a single person: astronaut Alexander Gerst.
Astronaut and photographer Chris Hadfield recently paid a visit to the …
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If you're interested in using the many hundreds of thousands of photos taken from the ISS to create a time-lapse -- and people have done a pretty spectacular job in the past -- the bar has just been raised significantly.
The video above, put together by French photographer and filmmaker Guillaume JUIN, is bar none the best edit of ISS photographs and footage we have ever seen.
If this doesn't put a big fat smile on your face, we're not sure what will. As part of an experiment on 'the phenomenon of water surface tension in microgravity,' the astronauts of Expedition 40 managed to trap a GoPro inside a floating sphere of water.
The video above is a behind the scenes look at that experience, which is about 10% science and 90% astronauts/science nerds having the time of their lives... as it should be.
Have you ever noticed how, in every photo of an astronaut using camera gear in the International Space Station, there's pretty much never a tripod or monopod or special mount in sight? They're always just handholding this massive camera with a 400mm lens attached.
So how, then, can they capture incredibly crisp photos of the Earth when they're flying above it at 4.8 miles per second? In the video above, iconic Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield shares the fascinating answer.
If we asked you to name the ultimate fisheye lens, the comments would probably fill up with many gear suggestions. Some, like this rare Nikon 6mm lens that pops up for sale occasionally, would probably be named more than once, but there's one suggestion you probably wouldn't make: a floating sphere of water.
That, however, is ISS astronaut Reid Wiseman's entry for the Ultimate Fisheye Lens.
Chris Hadfield is one of the most loved and accomplished astronauts to ever travel around the Earth. But he's not just an astronaut, he’s also an international bestseller with his book An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth reaching number one across the globe.
Now, he’s back with a new book titled You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes, which takes readers on a photographic tour of our cities, countries and continents from a vantage point few of us will ever experience first hand.
We’ve come across and shared a number of time-lapses that show off the beauty of the Milky Way in spectacular fashion, but the video above is different than all of them. That's because this Milky Way time-lapse was actually created using photos taken from the International Space Station.
Ever wonder what it's like to stare out of the ISS cupola -- the massive window-filled module of the ISS, and an ideal spot for taking pictures of the Earth below -- as our planet zooms by below? Well, thanks to a new video from Inside ISS, now you can!
Hovering somwhere between 205 and 255 miles above Earth is the International Space Station, currently housing six intrepid explorers that are hurtling through space at roughly 4.8 miles per second.
And one of those individuals is Alexander Gerst, a geophysicist who spends a great deal of his time on the ISS holding a camera and putting it to use taking pictures of our planet.
Dave MacLean from the Center of Geographic Sciences has put together a pretty awesome resource for space photography lovers. He's created an interactive map that lets you browse through over 650 photographs taken by ISS astronauts on Expeditions 40 and 41.
It's one thing to visualize different layers of gasses in the Earth's atmosphere and see drawings and models in a book or online... it's another thing entirely to capture it on camera. But of course, that's one of the perks of being an astronaut on the International Space Station, you get to do a whole lot of things that are "another thing entirely."
The photograph above was taken by astronaut Reid Wiseman and uploaded to his Twitter feed early this morning. It's a 3-second exposure, and we know this because he captioned the photo "3 second shutter exposure at night shows how crazy our #atmosphere really is."
The 2014 Perseid meteor shower will peak this week, and astrophotographers the world over will be gazing up at the skies, cameras contending with a very bright moon in the hopes of capturing some bright streaks across the sky.
And while some of them will undoubtedly succeed in capturing some stunning shots, there's one view not a single one will be able to get... the view of a meteor shower from above.