English:
This video was taken by the crew of
Expedition 30
on board the
International Space Station
. The sequence of shots was taken December 4, 2011 from 00:12:00 to 00:30:27 GMT, on a pass from just north-west of
Morocco
to central
Kazakhstan
. The two videos were shot simultaneously using different cameras: one pointing toward the north-east, and one pointing toward the east. These are played side-by-side to show a wider perspective to the covered regions. The first thing that can be seen is
Spain
and
Portugal
, with
Lisbon
lit up brightly in the foreground near the
Atlantic Ocean
and
Madrid
in the middle of Spain. The pass continues into
France
, with the
English Channel
in the far left and the Italian Peninsula in the far right. Further down the pass and on the left video, the
Baltic Sea
appears as a dark patch surrounded by light as the ISS continues to the east-northeast towards
Moscow
,
Russia
. The pass continues toward central
Russia
before the sunrise in the east comes up.