I'm grown a bit obsessed with the aurora borealis. I partially blame Neil Young's Pocahontas and my hope that I'll bump into him one day in Half Moon Bay now that I've been spending more time down there with my in-laws. Regardless of where the strange attraction comes from I really love this video from National Geographic. This time lapse of the Northern Lights in Norway is like nothing I've seen before. I hope one day to see this natural phenomenon in person, maybe while listening to Neil Young.
AS A FOLLOW UP: I found this video from a flight over the Earth from August to October 2011 on the International Space Station. Credits below pasted and reposted from the Michael König's Vimeo page.
Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.
Music: Jan Jelinek | Do Dekor, faitiche back2001
w+p by Jan Jelinek, published by scape Publishing / Universal
janjelinek.com | faitiche.de
Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory,
NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
eol.jsc.nasa.gov
Editing: Michael König | koenigm.com
Shooting locations in order of appearance:
1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night
2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night
3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia
4. Aurora Australis south of Australia
5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night
6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean
7. Halfway around the World
8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East
9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East
10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night
11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay
12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night
13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam
14. Views of the Mideast at Night
15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea
16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night
17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean
18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night
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