EARTH'S SPACE ORBIT - JAN 24, 2012 (Ungraded): Across the Mediterranean at Night. Time lapse from unaltered photos taken by astronauts. HighRes NASA JPEGs muxed into PhotoJPEG video without re-encoding and post-processing. This clip retains 100% of original image quality including camera artifacts. ISS flying in Earth's orbit from northwestern Africa to the western coast of Italy. This video begins over the northwestern coast of Africa, looking northeast towards the Iberian Peninsula. The ISS continues to travel northeast with the Strait of Gibraltar to the west and the Mediterranean Sea below and to the east. The Canadian robotic arm blocks some of the view of Earth from the Cupola during this video. As the pass continues northeast, the Aurora Borealis can be seen far north from the ISS. The pass ends near Italy, where a few large cities, such as Milan and Rome, can be seen. (av22213u)

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