Part I: High-Res Images of Cities at Night (from ISS)

City lights broadcast our existence into the night of space. Imagine how the Earth will look to astronauts in a century's time or longer? These images are incredibly difficult to take from a spacecraft traveling along at almost 28,000 kilometers per hour. The images are held at NASA's Johnson Space Center in a special archive for astronaut photography. Watch for the great cities of Beijing, Istanbul, Melbourne, Montreal, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Buenos Aires, Brasilia (one of our favorites), and more.

[@dianaatenafreedlund5586]

Amazing video. How lucky we are to see such things in our days that others only dreamed of.

[@3Brandon11]

Very insightful thing to say! We are beyond lucky.

[@gasparigi]

What are your sources? These images are in much higher resolution compared to citylumens com

[@nickacelvn]

Dreamed of, until they, (some of whom are us) advanced enough to move out into space. Now "we, they, us" come to visit to make sure the idiots up the top at the moment don't kill us all.

[@goytabr]

The population figures are inconsistent. In some cases (like London or Istanbul), the metropolitan population was given, but in most cases only the population of the city proper was given, while the picture showed the whole or most of the metropolitan area. Buenos Aires, Los Angeles and Tokyo, for example, have far more people in the area shown than the figures on the screen. As for your favorite, Brasília, it's a very unusual city and the population given includes far-away "satellite cities" as they are called. The area shown has probably about 1 million people.

[@vladimiroparlato6001]

I was thinking exactly the same,still beautiful footage.

[@kareldegreef3945]

there is something wrong with the curvature of the pictures schown => something aint right ! how is it at 1:43 that it is curved so much and also at the end it is flattend out and in the begining it is different also => (distorted images) 😲

[@torishine3]

This is incredibly beautiful. c:

[@davidmayhew4818]

Golly, I'm so worried about these low population figures. Look at all that unused land! The future looks so promising for mankind. Thankgod we're good at breeding.

[@nikolajchristov7590]

the "unused land" is probably deserts, mountains or forrests and you cant just cut down your lungs and build a city

[@h4rdstyl3r1337]

music?

[@Nimbus3690]

reupload?

[@jerryhamer]

Really doesn't look that big from up there. Our world

[@SuperCoolLemon]

this actually kind of depresses me because i may never be able to get far enough away from civilization to truly see the night sky.

[@Maugister]

Beautiful, i'd so love to be able to visit space some day

[@nickacelvn]

wadda ya mean your living in it right now.

[@meat_master88]

@@nickacelvn lol

[@SlammedZero]

Beautiful, but it's also kind of depressing. That simulated picture at the end, how terrible would that be to have the world that populated?

[@metrx330]

And why avoid sub-Saharan Africa? Cape Town looks incredible from space with Table Mountain in the middle, the Cape peninsula southwards and the indentation of False Bay. One of the more geographically contorted cities in the world.

[@morriswil32]

OK. A frigging Hotel can be seen from space?! (2:00) Now that is wasteful!

[@SR71_Blackbird]

I'm moving to Greenland... apparently it will be the only place without light pollution.

[@joseluciocorrea1866]

And where are the bigger cities of South America, São Paulo and Rio?

[@sodiometalicodovlad3728]

Finalmente um br

[@JaveDMode]

Houston!!! Cool!!! I surely didn't expect that! I can see my house!

[@Bocbo]

Next video would you please orient all the photos to north at the top of the screen.

[@freakonaleash2225]

Amazing video like Always and DAMN Istanbul and LA r Huge City's 🤯 I Would love to see atleast once,Helsinki the Capital of Finland and how it looks in night from space 🇫🇮👍 Flatards are for sure saying that these stunning and 100% real pictures are fake too ffs! 😎

[@Rothnacum1]

on 00:23 France is written on the border of Belgium and Holland.. the only bright light from France is coming from Lille France the rest (brightest) is Belgium cause even the smallest roads are lightened when dark. that's why you can even see the contours of the country and it's a more orange light (streetlights)

[@kurtilein3]

i need to travel for a decent night sky. and here in munich most street lights illuminate anything and everything up to the 3rd floor, not just the streets, so not only can i not see many stars, i can also read newspaper at the window all night. getting a pellet gun to shoot them down is a thought that crosses my mind maybe once every week. i hope one day people will take light pollution seriously. also, making lighting more efficient and rational to save energy can be combined with it.

[@DiederikHuys]

Nice but I miss the dark sky and the stars big time.

[@elsenored562]

0:35 London, from above 0:45 Spain, looking east (Mediterranean Sea on the right) 1:03 Italy, up is west 3:00 Tokyo, up is SE

[@kurtilein3]

astronauts take these images from the ISS in their spare time. orbital characteristics, weather, and working shedule of the astronauts need to come together to make it happen.

[@lisacoston8175]

Without Thomas Edison's invention of the electric light bulb there wouldn't be any night lights lighting up the night sky all over the world😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍

[@5150applesauce]

So incredible! Thank you! The music is equally impressive, and seamlessly completes the video! Even 'Flat Earthers', can appreciate the beauty and complexity of nighttime cityscapes from space! (oh wait...maybe not) I'm Not Sure

[@pemmeinox3980]

if the image you put is about the entire metropolitan area of Milan, the indication of the population (1,3324,110 that refer only to the municipality) is ridculous.

[@annv6781]

RIP African Sub Saharan countries and many third world countries also! I hope our countries Can and will rise. Here in South Africa we are being hit Hard by power outages. Today power is out from 8 in the morning to 11 at night. Total madness! To think there are countries that are even worse off! Anyway very cool vid thanx!!

[@Saurabh-255]

Whole Europe =India in 2012 according to your data believe me conditions changed a lot in NDA govt after 2014. I can't imagine it. Plz don't use abusive language.

[@ftldrdl]

no one ever features Miami. and lets hope you idea of what the earth will look like from space in the future is wrong.

[@cristianrosa4130]

Warning: the Earth is not flat. Really. Round. Round as an apple, but slightly flat on the poles. The plan is just your brain, if you don't believe it.

[@emerald1one1]

it is amazing seeing the stars when away from city lights . no wonder Asimov wrote the short story titled Nightfall , worth a read + worth dim city lights even if its one night a year ~

[@RufftaMan]

i think it looks beautiful! all those people complaining that it looks like a growing cancer should just remove themselves from being part of the problem. altho i agree that light-pollution is not favourable i must say it gives you the feeling that somebody is home. this place is inhabited by (more or less) intelligent beings. as long as it never looks like the vision at the end and you can still find dark places to gaze at the night sky, i am fine with it.

[@btn7061]

I no see jakarta

[@jiberish001]

I hope that future astronauts do NOT see it like it was at the end there. I really hope that in that distant future we will have learned to utilize light better. And realize that shooting it up into the sky, everywhere like that, is pointless and detrimental to how we see our night sky. Light pollution really sucks when you live in or near a city.

[@gerworlduru25]

Great music and footage. Do You know where can i get the third song ( Manolo Camp - untitled)?

[@tinolino58]

What a stupid question on the end? And what a wrong conclusion: tousends of cities in the Sahara, tousends of Cities in the Kalahary dessert, same shit for the high mountains region and the Taiga.. hey this video is pure manipulation to provide guilt and fear.

[@kurtilein3]

forests are not one species, some tropical rainforests feature 600 or more species of trees.

[@Coppertunes]

Great video but, 0:22 You have Great Britain just over England and Scotland named on it's own. This might suit some nationalist Scots, but it should just be Great Britain or you should have put the whole lot in - Scotland, England, Wales & Northern Ireland.

[@JaveDMode]

What will Earth look like at night to future astronauts? Surely, and hopefully, never as this video portrays it. What a horrible world. No one on Earth would ever see the stars in the sky again, unless you lived on Greenland apparently. I'll pass on that.

[@59prettywoman1]

SeanAxion12 you can do an Internet search of National Parks webcams and on some you can see the night sky and of course in the day time you would see all the beautiful part of the national park. Awesome pics.

[@williamchrisp3753]

None of these images are beautiful, this is all extreme over use of street lighting which is severely polluting our night skies ....

[@crochunter3]

thats cus of the type of light they use they dont use the yellow condesant bulbs that most other countries use it like thoes energy saving white lite bulbs cant remember the name of it tho

[@its12midnightbrdy]

Peole not everyone want's to hear disgusting comments. Keep them on your own channel. It would be more awesome to see video of space instead of the Earth. It's beautiful. Blessed be Oshai Yeshua!!!

[@silverblotter]

Ever wonder why the globe spends about one trillion dollars a year on its militaries. Ever imagined if we spent that much the research and development of space. I want to go live on mars right now.

[@telefunkenyou47]

Show Disneyland again like you did before in Tomorrow Land. You could see the rides with people on them.

[@ek5955]

Love the future predictions for Australia, where lights were just added to our desert..... 🤣

[@silverblotter]

I know ! You still get what I mean. I watch this and then think of the current state of the world and I feel like ripping me teeth out thats all ! I me, what he fuck are we doing ?!?!

[@lilmissbhaven36]

Im thinking you may have some errors regarding the populations of each city. cuz im thinkin theres no way theres twice as many people in san francisco as there is in LA.

[@DiNunoMendes]

I hope Earth won't look like that in the future, that would be very bad for everything. Hopefully humans stick to their current cities instead of destroying other places.

[@varunkamboj4]

INDIAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

[@dfghj241]

yea, in brazil per example, sao paulo or rio de janeiro would've offered a much better light show then brazilia did. since both of then are much bigger cities.

[@euromelb1]

No not really. Seems some people just get alittle bit uptight if they aren't in the spotlight all the time. Maybe the shoe is on the other foot afterall:)

[@kkmardigrce]

I wonder how much energy we are simply throwing away into space... The Earth should look far less lit-up and perhaps the energy would be far cheaper.

[@budgetaudiophilelife-long5461]

WOW 🤩 THANKS FOR SHARING THIS BEAUTIFUL SCENES 🤗💚💚💚

[@mustbehiggy]

I thought the bit where Scotland then "great Britain" was below it was odd since below Scotland is England which together form great Britain. Yay!

[@SPQRINVICTUS1]

It's so sad to see so many people complaining about their homes not being shown in this video. Actually, everyone's home was on display -- EARTH.

[@JuggernautSoda]

If you were to live on Mars, you would be cooked by the smallest burst of solar activity as Mars has an extremely weak magnetic field. So it probably wouldn't be a good idea to live there....

[@khunopie]

The Almighty Lord, Jesus Christ created a true Miracle when He made the Earth. Let us preserve it in His Honor for all eternity!

[@06livefast]

I strongly suggest you open your mind and research the topic of: - the philidelphia experiment - the dogon people - planet sirius - sacred and natural gemoetry - horus - etc.

[@liamwatson148]

Beautiful Quickly comment about how beautiful this is before there a religious war in the comments And no, I'm not atheist

[@06livefast]

I don'r believe in a invisible cosmic zombie, but to say there aren't other dimensions, life forms, time continuums or frequencies is incredibly ignorant to say.

[@Meb8Rappa]

You know, forests can also be seen from space. Therefore, we are not the only species that can be seen from space.

[@guiato]

I can't believe they showed Brasilia (in Brazil, obviously), instead of São Paulo, with a population of ~ 15 million!

[@winterstellar]

The whole of USA was green too. Maybe some kind of different filters on the cameras? Or different windows they take the shots from? : )

[@06livefast]

They already have that technology, and it is in the wrong hands. Just don't stand too close to the windows if you value your privacy..

[@londonblock]

So no Mexico city uh? unsubscribing from spacerip right now. Ot used to be the biggest city in the world.

[@ex59neo53]

OK it's beautiful pictures ... But as an amateur astronomer ,I'm quite happy not to live in these cities :p

[@jamieball]

With the flick of a switch you can turn off the light, bring back the lost treasure of a dark starry night!

[@SeanAxion12]

It would be nice to live in a not so well lit area, I'd bet the night sky is more impressive than this!

[@azulaquaza4916]

your populations are way off add about 2-3 million to los angeles and about 12 more million if you want its metro

[@dhaleshkumar5243]

do u think our india is not a part of earth....where are that our indian cities??😢,👎😐

[@bsciens]

Beautiful video but while the images are visually stunning, they remind me of bacterial colonies in a petri dish.

[@aretnap3653]

Reminds Me of The *Halo 3* Online Connection World View.

[@dr7asans]

People disliked this clip are not aliens, not humans for sure

[@liamwatson148]

|Because thats a pretty insult that people will most likely try to use hahaha no hate bro

[@Jman21UK]

i hate to think what will happen when the oil runs out the world will plunge into chaos

[@samusaron0]

Actually, they are making one right now. Go onto reddit and type in "hd space feed"

[@06livefast]

How conceded, how about a view of OUTTER space constantly, or a camera mounted to Voyager 1!!!

[@MoMotivation0304]

Stunning. God our creator did a great job. Too bad we're destroying it

[@3800S1]

so true, the last song made me sad knowing our planet will be completely ruined :(

[@gonzalolorenzo2794]

La población total de Buenos Aires y la plata es d 14 millones d habitantes

[@nightsage217]

lol. i was thinking as a whole package. contribution to weather manipulation.

[@Skans0513]

Look how north and south korea's brightness has a huge difference.. So sad :(

[@BlazingDeath108]

o SURE the 1 canadian city you guys show are the fucking frenchies. AWESOME.

[@jakeg3126]

Wonder what is like from Uranus.. ba da pish

[@chungiemunchin]

Yay Baltimore!

[@dreamdimensions]

No, but you are welcome to consider what you like.

[@Mr11tbsha]

do realize it will take from you a day to look at the earth rotation!!

[@JoyBastet]

Y'know...NASA could go to the sun if they just wait for night fall. :D

[@shyamnaik1613]

Wer was indian citys and south Asian city s ....use less

[@btn7061]

Where are indonesia

[@romnicklazatin3679]

There's only one Indonesia

[@l0gically]

And other things, like patterns you might find in a slab of granite.

[@S8967JAckk]

Why the hell do they ignore the Indian subcontinent every time??

[@firehawk5628]

Did I miss out not hearing the music? I had to mute the computer.

[@dailytopnewsheadlinesengli356]

It is for iss people to keep some good expertise of computer faculties like photoshop, flash etcetera couse children don't make a doubt of such CGI (computer generated images) as fake as they are

[@dailytopnewsheadlinesengli356]

@Mr Horse what happened to you sir?

[@moost66]

It's fake. All computer work.

[@bradgrauer9148]

You can see the same thing on planet Mercury

[@helmutschramm2320]

Weird. You can see city lights so well from space. They don't even appear so good in a commercial jetliner.

[@max5250]

You can't see city lights from an airplane?! Go buy yourself a ticket and see for yourself.

[@fmshazam]

Jesus....best.idea.ever...have as many interntes as you wish.

[@06livefast]

If that's how you think soberly, I'd hate to see you on mushrooms!

[@PradeepKumar-yp4di]

What about Indian cities? Not even one?