#earth,

[nocontxt]

Probabally the most amazing time lapse video you'll ever see. I love seeing the outlines of the continents and nations, the cities and all the lightning storms and weather all over the place. Crank up the volume and watch it full screen. 

Originally found on Vimeo

Time lapse sequences of photographs taken with a special low-light 4K-camera by the crew of expedition 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from  August to October, 2011. All credit goes to them. HD, refurbished, smoothed, retimed, denoised, deflickered, cut, etc. Music: Jan Jelinek | Do Dekor, faitiche back2001  w+p by Jan Jelinek, published by Betke Edition  janjelinek.com | faitiche.de Editing: Michael König | koenigm.com

[apemonki]

As our human population steadily approaches 7 Billion...THIS WEEKEND!  What precautions are we as humans taking to preserve our one and only earth?  Can our beloved planet sustain our abuse any longer?  Just random things to think about I would assume...

With all the strange weather and natural disasters taking place it only leads me to wonder if mother nature is trying to clean up the big mess we made on her planet...

like i said random thoughts...meanwhile enjoy BBC's interactive on The World at Seven Billion :) 

[mcmlxxcvii]

The meaning of life is that it ends -Franz Kafka

[deanbradshaw]

“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’” — Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell

[jlgaddis311-blog]

I have an obsession with trees.