EARTH'S SPACE ORBIT - MAY 14, 2012 (Ungraded): From Ireland to Somalia. 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 the Celtic Sea, south of Ireland, to northern Somalia. This video begins by looking southeast to northwestern Europe. As the ISS travels southeast over France, Germany, and other Western European countries, the Alps Mountains can be seen with snow cover on them. Continuing southeast over the Mediterranean Sea, the Nile River delta can be seen before traveling over the Arabian Peninsula. The pass ends over the southern Arabian Peninsula, looking over the Arabian Sea. (av22433u)

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