Night_Pass_over_Central_Africa_and_the_Middle_East.ogv
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Summary
Description Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East.ogv |
English:
This video over Central Africa and the Middle East was taken by the crew of Expedition 29 on board the
International Space Station
. This sequence of shots was taken October 1, 2011 from 21:20:24 to 21:41:24 GMT, on an ascending pass from just southwest of
Côte d'Ivoire
in Africa to southern
Russia
. At the beginning of the video, thunderstorms can be seen in western Africa. The first lights that are visible is along the
Nile
River in
Egypt
near the
Mediterranean Sea
and through
Israel
and
Lebanon
along the coast. Further down the pass and into the Middle East, the
Baku
Peninsula brightly sticks out into the
Caspian Sea
. The pass ends over southern Russia, looking north-eastward toward the
Aurora Borealis
.
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Date | |
Source | The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth |
Author | ISS Expedition 29 crew |
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