A meteoroid as seen from the Space Station… make a wish!

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A series of night-time photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli on 5 November around 22:33 GMT, here shown in a time-lapse with a 1-second interval, while the Space Station was flying from the southern Atlantic Ocean over to Kazakhstan.

Paolo was lucky enough to capture a fast fireball falling to Earth over the Atlantic Ocean, off the South Africa west coast -- look closely between 00:07 and 00:08 seconds at upper right in this video.

A fireball is basically a very bright meteoroid -- a small bit of natural “space rock” -- entering Earth’s atmosphere and burning brighter than the background stars. This particular meteoroid was moving much faster than typical, with an estimated speed of around 40 km/s, according to experts working on near-Earth objects (NEOs) in ESA's Space Situational Awareness Programme.

"This speed is actually quite fast for meteoroids, which typically enter the atmosphere at around 20 km/s," says Rüdiger Jehn, SSA NEO segment co-manager.

ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli in currently working and living on board the International Space Station as part of the Italian Space Agency’s long-duration VITA mission.

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Those flashes are people taking photos of their food in restaurants

Cinzano
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I was searching for meteoroid with full concentration till the end and almost died with that horn

gauravkakkar
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0:36 I swear I saw Einstein's face!

onlyme
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0:21 bottom left and 0:07 very top right

decqukl
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YouTube said „There is no audio in this video ”...
I trusted it...
1:19...

AviSpace
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ESA, thanks for giving me a heart attack at 1:19

MagnusSkiptonLLC
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I love how storms look from space, Specially the lightning.

PrismTheKiwii
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The earth's atmosphere is so beautiful!

drdenilson
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God... I would never stop looking out the window if i were on the ISS

thebananaman
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As we move towards daylight, we can actually see the scattered blue increasing in intensity. Beautiful 😍

abhijitmajee
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This is one of the most mesmerising videos of Earth that I have ever seen. Stunning!

pravirdass
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0:22 when it's winter and I go to bed at night, I see the static traveling across the blanket and it looks like this

lyle.justin.stoffels
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Nothing compares to the mesmerising scenes from above the earth.

Michael_Michaels
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Not a flatearther but this looks so unreal, like a graphics animation of some sort and it's so silent...

mybalcony
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0:25 I guess this is how Google maps are taken

nizam
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Love the lighting storms in time lapse

jaygee
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One at 0:07...one at 1:14...both top right.

tf
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All 400 dislikes are from flat earthers

joeldriver
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Just look how many people taking pictures of the clouds. Its amazing. Lol

kostass.
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I just love watching this stuff!!! Hated science in school, now, can't get enough of it! Captivating subject!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!

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