NASA releases glorious 4K footage of Earth as seen from the ISS
 

NASA releases glorious 4K footage of Earth as seen from the ISS
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NASA is on fire: Shortly after releasing beautiful, high resolution footage of Aurora Borealis, the agency posted a 4K video of Earth, as seen from the International Space Station.*

Of course, to enjoy the video in all its glory, you should watch it on a 4K-capable monitor, and switch the video quality setting to "2160p 4K."

The footage was taken by the Epic Dragon camera by RED, brought to the ISS in October 2014. The camera is actually capable of taking 6K videos — that's 6,144 x 3,160 pixels — at 100 frames per second. We're **t sure whether NASA took any footage at that resolution, but YouTube doesn't support it, and you likely don't have a monitor that can display it, so 4K (4,096 x 2,160 pixels) will have to do for **w. Read more...


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