EARTH'S SPACE ORBIT - MAY 22, 2012 (Ungraded): From Western Europe to Western Africa. 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 the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Portugal, to northern Cameroon. This video begins as the ISS is flying over the North Atlantic Ocean, looking east towards the Iberian Peninsula and the Strait of Gibraltar. As the ISS continues southeast towards Africa, the rust-colored sand dunes of the Sahara are seen as a solar panel is seen at the top of the screen. The pass ends as the ISS travels over the separating line between desert and tropical area. (av22513u)

NASA Johnson Space Center