ISS Timelapse - Deep Space from Space (04/06/07/08 Aug 2024)

[@kaeez]

This breathtaking view is a reminder of what our ancestors once saw, long before light pollution existed. It's no wonder ancient civilizations were so skilled in astronomy - when the stars were this clear and vast, they naturally became a guide and source of wonder.

[@motube5]

You’re right! During the night time the caravans would walk on the sky to get home. You can’t do that now!

[@j.w.r3730]

I keep coming back to this because the last time I saw the night sky like this was in Colorado when I was a teen. UntiI I saw the sky in such an even more fantastic manner on the north end of Nantucket Island when it was 12°f outside in the late 90s. I thought my eyes were deceiving meas I looked out at the ocean,which was completely still,and it looked like we were floating in space. I ran outside and looked up,and it was there,everything around us,and I almost cried at the sight of the universe,you could see it all. The Milky Way center was slightly below us,and the galactic arm we sat above stretched out at the earth,I couldn't believe I could see it. I could see the colors of gas clouds,the stars,the nebulas,the center of our galaxy in orange and white. I highly recommend that if you can,go to that magical island and see your place in the universe. It was one of the most emotional epiphanies of realization and humility of scale I've ever experienced in my life.

[@aaroncosgrove3054]

@@j.w.r3730 you should see the night sky from the southern hemisphere (rural New South Wales, Australia) Bugger all light pollution. It is absolutely breathtaking. I consider myself blessed to see this on a clear night. Even better when there’s no moonlight

[@BoweDiesel]

Northern Wisconsin…July 5th, 2020. Front row seats to the universe and I’ve been a changed human after that. Everyone else got cold or something 5 mins later but I let 3 hours go by on the dock.

[@lynnecartwright3976]

😮 it's scary isn't it...we are utterly insignificant in the unbelievable vastness of it....astounding

[@alphabeets]

@@lynnecartwright3976 Indeed. Our size in comparison to everything else reduces to as close to zero as possible, yet never quite reaching zero. It’s almost as though we don’t even exist, we are that small.

[@NMS7074RF]

I haven't seen this many stars, neither! It's been like 23yrs 😢because I've been living in the city🫤

[@BrotherAlan]

THIS is the the video I have been wanting to see from the ISS! Yes! I want to see out into space not look back at Earth.

[@ghostwrench2292]

I am 52 years old. How is it that this is the first time I have seen these kinds of images from space? This just amazing! I love it!!

[@SandCrabNews]

It is a privilege to be up there for the experience. I was camping at Lake Hemet, CA and got out of my tent at 2:00 am to water a tree and stood in awe of the stars.

[@allancarey2604]

I don’t know about anyone else….but I’d love it did you did an hours long clip of this type of footage (continuous of the same scene) with this music. It would be perfect to bliss out on :) (And thank you)

[@astronauticast]

You can run our "Timelapse" playlist (almost 400 videos).

[@SYKOMOBB]

Need to hear the interstellar theme with this 😂

[@christedsharp6329]

I agree with this. I would watch this for hours as background

[@ezziboo]

My god…it’s full of stars ✨

[@Robbskunky]

Absolutely!

[@petarswift5089]

It resembles a deep ocean. Space is like a fluid to me. Greetings from Serbia.

[@RedCanyonWolf]

I love your description of it. 🤩

[@velchuck]

It sure makes one feel really small. Beautiful and amazing.

[@RedCanyonWolf]

It’s so interesting to me that everyone who escapes light pollution and sees the sky like this just stops in utter captivation, staring. It’s like an instant pull. Everything just goes quiet and we all lock eyes with the stars. There’s something to that connection. If you know, you know.

[@celio8751]

Because it's a reminder that we are not that special.

[@j.w.r3730]

Most of what you're seeing here is just in the Milky Way alone,then what's beyond is vast in scale and numbers...

[@kevinim300]

ya its hard to imagine even our own galaxy size....let alone beyond.

[@SummerBreeeze]

MIND BLOWING

[@charlesmarti8087]

Hi, is everything we see here part of our galaxy only, I’ve never seen pictures like this! It’s quite emotional ❤

[@Yjn75]

You stare at space, imagine you're actually staring at infinity. Like looking downward at the ocean and there's no bottom.

[@mistylover7398]

To ♾️ and beyond

[@xNightOwlzZz]

It actually starts to make me dizzy, and I have a mini existential crisis

[@davidocktora04]

True ! and creepy

[@Kenny2k08]

Just looking out into a vague glimpse of everything, everywhere that ever happened. The light takes billions of years to reach us and only tells us a speck of a story that only makes us wonder for a moment what strange worlds and creatures could be within that light’s warmth.

[@DenisLoubet]

I wish this is what the astronauts see, but eyes don't have the light-gathering power shown here.

[@toktik--j.p.q.2471]

Absolut correct 👍

[@Runninglikeatomboy]

This is delightful and soothing, thank you.

[@ClausB252]

"It's full of stars!"

[@Rick_B52]

And when people say we are the only life in the universe. Please. Our planet has had life on it for millions of years and we've only left the planet in the last 100. There's 2 trillion known galaxies even beyond ours you can't tell me life isn't out there someplace.

[@zamar2158]

​@@Rick_B52 i think they mean life like us. There is definitely life out there but not similar to earth creatures. And all forms are likely the only varietal of their type that exist. Likely no one else has our k8nd of lions or flamingos. We tend to think and speak only from an earth pov.

[@skyemac8]

Yes, Dave, I can see it.

[@McMTG]

@@zamar2158With the amount of planets inside those trillions of galaxies there will be more of us. We are special but we are not at the sametime.

[@bierrollerful]

I wish there was a way to preserve the ISS - as a piece of history and as a testament to what we can achieve when we all work together :(

[@CtrlAltDelite]

I agree! Upgrade it with various observation equipment and live feed. It would spectacular

[@aaroncosgrove3054]

@@bierrollerful I’m pretty sure there is. Just push it out to a higher orbit until we have Starship sorted. Dismantle & return. The only problem is the current Russo/Yanky relationship

[@rRekko]

Most likely whatever survives the re-entry will be displayed in a museum, but who knows. For now the plans are to crash it into the ocean by 2031/end of 2030, there's still 6 years until we know what will eventually happen to it.

[@rRekko]

@@CtrlAltDelite there are plans to send inflatable modules that will attach to the ISS and will detach from it whenever they de-orbit it by 2030/2031. These modules however, would be for tourism iirc. Other than that, there are no other rumours or anything of the sort.

[@WortexCZ]

I'm not crying! You're crying! Indescribable beauty! Thank you so much for these shots. Until recently, I thought I was incapable of envy. After watching a few videos on this channel, I already know what real envy is. That's a view I'd trade my life for!

[@BadBaltGuy]

Think about how much more we could see if we stopped thinking we needed to have lights on in every city every night. If you're driving, use your headlights. If you're a 24 hour store, use only what's needed to operate. People need reminded of their place in this universe and the beauty of it. Might just end some of the chaos.

[@sorinankitt]

We have excess lights because criminals like the dark. If it wasn't for security, every city would be darker.

[@Lux_EternaxX]

Dang...this is amazing. The true color blows my mind!

[@Rufus_West]

There's so much out there, but it's so far. It hurts a little to think we may never know...

[@ronsullivan132]

And any intelligent civilization out there is thinking the same thing looking at our galaxy from thousands of light years away.

[@kalsizzle]

This is something we never get to see. I bet the view of our universe from up in space is amazing.

[@poofarmer]

Unfortunately it isn’t, astronauts mainly see only pitch blackness. The sun, moon, and earths brightness overpowers the faint stars. Only the camera is able to see this stuff

[@kingash85]

Paranel Observatory in Atacama Desert, Chile is pretty close to what you are wishing for.

[@zamar2158]

It is a different perspective. The Earth is also in the universe. Bith are beautiful views of the great beyond. Problem now is light pollution.

[@rRekko]

Of our earth and moon i bet they look breath taking. Now about the stars, sorry but it'll be really hard for humans to actually see a fourth of the stars in this video. Our eyes can't catch all that light and the sun's light pollution would still affect us even while it is "blocked' by Earth.

[@Rufusdos]

Some astronauts have reported that it’s actually too much for them. Overwhelming. There’s a name for this phenomenon. I think it’s called the ultraview effect.

[@MrHereWeGoYo]

Camera facing outward. Man, we need SO much more of this. 😮❤

[@ut000bs]

That is what a clear, night sky looks like on a dark ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean 440 miles from the nearest land. Jaw-dropping to a city boy. At that moment I had no trouble understanding why the ancients, all of them, worshiped the sky. We had no words we just sat and stared up at the sky. The colors are amazing and you don't see that here as well. It is almost like there is no point in the sky that does not have a star. Pause at 4:11 and imagine that.

[@chriswolfinger6638]

ok so human eyes don't have the ability to gather that much light so the only real way to see this is by camera or picture, as im sure you did see an amazing view with vast amounts of stars. even astronauts don't get to see this sadly.

[@FrankHall-l4i]

The magellanics are looking cool. 😮

[@LifeInMontana]

We are not Alone, I wish! Beautiful!

[@lilygoldcatudan1050]

Best time lapse ever with all honest raw beauty being captured

[@nataliescott2261]

I don’t know how or why were here but wow very glad I am . All that time and space we can’t be alone can we ?

[@SeFu2006]

Breathtaking

[@Pappuu3000]

Wish we had a live view from this camera😢

[@Chris-of6xm]

Imagine each of these little dots is a Galaxy, hundreds of thousands of light years across or more... we can't even comprehend the scale of these things and we take for granted what we're actually all looking at watching this video. Thank you for posting

[@longlakeshore]

I just learned how to star hop to Sigma Octans - the southern pole star. Thanks!

[@JoshSmith-ff8dw]

Every point is its own shade of daylight, up close. Wonderful video. Spiritual.

[@cryptohacker]

Just.....WOW! It's been decades since I had a night of telescope stargazing absent light pollution. It made me dizzy, nauseous and humbling to view the vastness of the Universe. This is a great reminder of that awe, beauty and sheer immensity. Earth is a speck of dust in a never ending void of energy transfers.

[@revelationakagoldeneagle8045]

Amazing 🪶 ✨ ✨

[@EdwardSaxophonehands]

Blows my mind to be able to see the parallax between the all the stars as the ISS progresses the slightest bit through its orbit. Some are very apparently closer than others in the cosmic stew.

[@sca8217]

Some of the faster moving objects might be space debris or other satellites

[@joesites9978]

they should broadcast this view 24-7 awesome

[@RoyCoffee-w5b]

That is so incredible, and so many stars.

[@generaleerelativity9524]

Incredible! Imagine spending eternity traveling through the cosmos and exploring everything possible. When I look at this as I ponder the great unknown, I get an almost ancient nostalgic feeling that comes over me, as if its been calling me for eternity. 😑

[@Travis_22]

Thanks, this is great 😊

[@christopheralan4845]

Stunningly beautiful!

[@aarongroves5913]

Beautiful

[@kojiy01]

Very clear view of the LMC and the SMC. Beautiful! And I see many satellites are passing by.

[@caturdaynite7217]

Ah, someone who knows what they are looking at. I was hoping someone else would notice them.

[@JULIANBASSETT]

Wow, I've never seen so many stars.. like magical glitter across a field of infinite depth. Also plenty of satellite whizzing past..lucky someone knows how to figure out what paths they're croswing. Inspirational.

[@sarahbass6116]

I dreamt of going to space……a vista like this almost makes me believe.

[@pachino11839]

Simply, wow! First of It's kind

[@PWDlife]

This is the first time I've seen ISS upload a video of space where stars are visible. Woooow, it's so amazing they float on space.

[@philipsamuelsen7904]

WOW...beautiful so much star light.

[@Hotdogwater421]

It’s about time we see a video like this.

[@sparky6200]

Every world leader needs to look at this once a day as a reminder & perspective....We are irrelevant

[@saturdayplayer2492]

We need the universe, we cannot survive without it. But it will continue on its merry way long after we've gone.

[@rubhern8187]

Gobsmack breath taking.🎉🎉🎉🎉 Some footages of astronaut out for a moon walk you can not see the stars and galaxies, it is just a black ground. 😮 Sometimes i stumble on these channels by accident will now put it in my liked list, thumbs up and subs.

[@stevengoodman3498]

Awe inspiring!😊

[@Taldaran]

It would be amazing to see how bright it would be closer to the galactic center!

[@LovelyBunny-uv7gx]

Breathtaking, enjoy peace of mind. ✨️❤

[@joericci4094]

The last time I saw the night sky like this was off the coast of California near Big Sur late August 2006.... Couldn't believe what I was seeing being from New York City, I've never seen the Sky like that before... it was Spectacular

[@wtpauley]

oh wow! So many stars

[@TheRealSolardisaster]

...and, all of it. every unknown, unknowable, endlessly ineffable stitch of it's own eternity belongs to the wonder of the soul and the passion of the heart. whispering the vicissitudes in a song only mystery and awe will share to those who merely, look up and onward. Once the chasm turns it's sights upon truth, will we learn we are both the truth and the chasm. -tobanael

[@aaroncosgrove3054]

Pardon my ignorance. But can anyone please explain what the streaks of light I’m witnessing in these images. I thought “shooting stars” were debris entering our atmosphere. Also why are they at different speeds in the same frame. Please forgive me. This just popped up on my feed and I’m laying in bed watching this. Thank you in advance 🙏

[@astronauticast]

They are some artificial satellites.

[@aaroncosgrove3054]

@@astronauticast thank you for the clarification I really like your channel. Can you please share with us a 2-3 hour compilation to fall asleep to?

[@astronauticast]

@@aaroncosgrove3054 You can run our "Timelapse" playlist (almost 400 videos).

[@palkokity8235]

Are any of the big patches of light nearby solar systems in our galaxy or are any neighboring Galaxies? I remember, in 2020, when all of our planets were lined up in the night sky, looking up and imagining how much distance that represented, where Earth fit in-between Venus and Mars, where the asteroid belt must be, and how long it takes to travel to Mars, Jupiter, and then Saturn. I was in awe of that. And, that is nothing in compared to the nearest star, which is still insignificant in compared to the nears galaxy. And, if one of those galaxies is the same size as ours, it represents 100, 000 or so light years across?!?! Simply amazing and humbling.

[@drkmriggs]

Several times, including right at the beginning, you see the Large and Small Magellenic Clouds. These are dwarf galaxies that orbit our Milky Way galaxy and are visible in the Southern Hemisphere.

[@wenyx1]

Quando a luz do sol aparece, deixa tudo branco, pois a câmera está ajustada para captar a fraca luz das estrelas distantes.

[@KawaloliASTP]

Could anything give us a better feeling about how big our universe is, than this? It's like being lost in interstellar space, out of nowhere. On a small asteroid kicked out from it's solar system. Or on a rogue planet far away from any star. Looking closer you can find Alpha Centauri, our closest neighbour. Even that system is so far away from us, it looks like any other star in the milky way. And then, a few seconds later, the magellanic clouds are coming into view. Distance: over 150 000 lightyears! For us, it doesn't matter. This ocean our planet is traveling threw, is too big to imagine. We're literally atoms on a dust particle circling around a glowing grain of sand kilometers away from other isolated grains... Let us use our time here on earth to explore this giant ocean and protect our small world. Mankind shouldn't act like teens in puberty, we have to grow up 😊❤

[@hectorfigueredo6613]

Formamos parte de éste espacio interestelar ✨

[@tightlines106]

I’m speechless

[@MIKEDRIFT]

I've always wondered why we never get to see this view 😕

[@sippin7724]

It is because of light pollution brother. It would look alot lile this if you were in the middle of a desert lr somewhere far away from major cities.

[@NoelBroadhead]

@@sippin7724 It's also because we could never "see" this, even from space - the camera's aperture stays open for an extended time, allowing for light to accumulate on the sensor. Our eyes don't work the same way.

[@chloedevlin6544]

Three billion stars in the small magelonic cloud alone. I have no words....

[@shakesitoff1122]

How incredibly tiny and special we truly are.

[@DK-mt1xw]

Are you kidding me!? HOW is this the first time I'm seeing this!? I've seen images and close ups from Hubble but not videos like this!

[@astronauticast]

Hi DK, The astronaut Matthew Dominick, who takes these pictures, is a skilled photographer and astronomy enthusiast. He used a bit long exposure and high ISO setting to capture the night sky, similar to how an astrophotographer would do on Earth. While astronauts often photograph the Earth from the cupola windows (facing down view), the ISS has numerous smaller portholes offering unique perspectives.

[@ben91069]

It looks like a close up of 120 grit black silicon carbide sandpaper.

[@1986SSMONTECARLO]

There are more Stars in the Universe than every grain of Sand on every Beach on Earth... Let that sink in

[@talkaboutwacky]

Those stars will still be there long after you and I will be gone and forgotten about

[@25usd94]

Oh da,m that's a lot more stars

[@davidocktora04]

So relaxing and beautiful.... thinking how far limits of universe also Aliens life "what they doin' today ?"

[@nissan6541]

My God, it’s full of stars!

[@kentogo9747]

Wow, it's full of stars.

[@crutdawg]

So...why are the no stars during space walks, or pictures of our astronauts on the moon with zero stars in the background? Not saying it didn't happen, blah blah, just a curious question is all. Thanks in advance

[@astronauticast]

Most of the pictures during Moon walk or ISS space walk are taken in FULL DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS. So the camera's settings were probably around 1/125 s exposure, f/8 aperture, and 100 ISO. Try yourself taking a picture of the sky at night with a camera using those settings: the result will be a total black picture. This timelapse is made with pictures made with the sun well below the horizon.

[@ronsullivan132]

@@astronauticast Full sun exposure on the surface of the moon was probably closer to f16. Like taking a picture on a beach.

[@crutdawg]

​@astronauticast I appreciate the reply. Thank you

[@tmichalak1969]

These images have killed me. I am speechless. I want to be up there!

[@andrewrivera4029]

Space. Stars, I love it.

[@A-childOfGod-pp4ge]

Because that’s what we always see on the ISS live feed

[@leftturn8016]

The final frontier. Why can we not get along so we may explore it…

[@thomasstreipert9104]

What are the flying objects in the first part? Comets? Asteroids? Sattelites?

[@astronauticast]

Hi Thomas. They are satellites.

[@damiannadley6897]

There is so much out there that we don't know nothing about will we ever 😊

[@DavidEsp1]

Interesting linear-ish dark-ish "paths" wandering among/over some of the dense-packs of stars. Are these just interesting random patterns (that the eye then seizes on) or do they have a more interesting explanation? Dust clouds?

[@markcrombie5280]

The nights very dark and star filled in Virginia when I was a young'un, not so much anymore. The light pollution because of fearing the dark is terrible.

[@youtubecommentor4480]

Curious what other viewers are thinking when they watch this. I think of my Mom, my Dad, my brothers and friends, who are no longer here. I become still, very still. What does it all mean? I don’t know but I (we) are part of it all.

[@robscoin6300]

No way i lookz this good ❤❤

[@peterjones1218]

This is heaven please hours video sleep all night every dot has it own star sun own story infinity of stars in the universe past present future so so much out there we can only imagine

[@BaoBao0923]

I wonderfull all the detail you can see, if anyone else noticed, those tiny non moving dots on the screen I suppose must be some sort of damage or something on the camera.

[@astronauticast]

Correct. They are CMOS hotpixels of the camera sensor.

[@toktik--j.p.q.2471]

​@@astronauticast What the heck ? Hotpixels ? Are you seriuos ? These Mobbing dots Look Like some crafts cruise through space . How can these be Hotpixels ? Can you Tell me ? Please be honest ,These are some space-craft s .

[@toktik--j.p.q.2471]

*Not Mobbing dots ,moving dots ! Excuse my mistake please

[@astronauticast]

@@toktik--j.p.q.2471 Hi toktik, pay closer attention to the BaoBao comment: - tiny non-moving dots (a lot during all the video) -> hotpixel - bright moving object (few, traveling across the frame) -> artificial satellites (mostly Starlinks)

[@Cheekaka]

Makes me want to play Star Citizen, Starfield or No Mans Sky!

[@8B1tbreaks]

I totally feel you, and if you haven’t already, please do look into Elite Dangerous. While I would say Star Citizen is the top of the list as far as gameplay, ED has it beat by light years in palpable experience and keeps me coming back to it for one simple reason: The world map is literally the Milky Way, and yes, you read that correctly.

[@IMbutterss]

this has to be a special camera light is to faint to be seen in space it self or with the eye.

[@astronauticast]

Hi IMbutt, Not so special. It's a Nikon Z9. You can obtain similar shots on the ground with the proper settings (read other comments, this topic was already discussed).

[@saturdayplayer2492]

How can we be so arrogant to think we are alone in such vastness?

[@nefaristo]

1:20 🤔 since it's a time lapse, what are the two object which, if it was in real time and within an atmosphere, would still like asteroids?

[@astronauticast]

Already expalined. Check other comments.

[@Yuji123]

I feel like there are two layers of stars. One layer moving across the screen in a large arc while the other layer contains fainter stars that are stationary in frame. Is the fainter layer of stars still in our Milky Way?

[@astronauticast]

Hi Yuji. Please read other comments. As already explained, the stationary dots are hotpixel, and not stars.

[@billgrant3886]

I saw a shooting star?! Above the ISS there is still enough atmosphere to see this?!

[@astronauticast]

Hi Bill. Please have a look to other comments. The moving object are not meteors, but satellites.

[@OhioGirl-bu2kv]

I would love to go to another planet, just like Earth, in another solar system in another galaxy to live. Why can't it be done? I have seen pictures of future cities with flying cars and it saddens me a great deal to know that even IF that future becomes the present one day, I won't be alive anymore to enjoy it...see it....live it...experience it. I guess I should stop dreaming of the things that could be/might be and just face reality. I have dreamt that I am on a space ship travelling through space at great speeds. As I stand by a window, I see all these planets and stars zoom by. I am on my way to a new planet...a new land....a new life to live. I wish it was reality, but it is not.

[@jonfredette]

Strange that a video can make one feel so small and insignificant.

[@J.RobertPeters]

What are the streaking lights on occasion?

[@astronauticast]

As already written in other comments, they are satellites.

[@vsAstronomy]

Fantastic! I wish i had that view!

[@justlooking4771]

We are so small.

[@Monts-zw3hi]

Okay.I give up.WHAT are the stationery white dots on the eqiptment...AND on thje background BEYOND the stars.It isn't moving.Someone thought that'd be a good idea?

[@astronauticast]

Hi Monts, this topic was already discussed. Just read other comments for the answer.

[@OasisAmps]

If we all climbed out of some premordial soup, we're did the rest of this universe come from with all it's awesome beauty and power? It didn't crawl out of some soup also? Would love to see that soup bowl. 🎉

[@drt4789]

This might be a stupid question - What are those white lights criss crossing the view?

[@astronauticast]

Already answered in other comment.

[@drt4789]

@@astronauticast Tks, I’ll look it up.

[@stevenpoe640]

Am I seeing other satellites in higher orbits going by?

[@astronauticast]

Yep