English: This video was taken by the crew of
Expedition 29 on board the
International Space Station. The sequence of shots was taken October 15, 2011 from 00:47:28 to 01:02:56 GMT, on a pass beginning over the North
Atlantic Ocean, east of the Island of
Newfoundland to the northern part of the
Red Sea, over the
Gulf of Suez and the
Sinai Peninsula. At the beginning of the video, the
Aurora Borealis can be seen in the far left along with clouds over the North Atlantic Ocean. Tracking south-east, the first view of lights is from the
United Kingdom (
Ireland, up-track from the UK, is under cloud), with cities like
Liverpool and
London showing up nicely. Across the
English Channel, the cities of
Brussels and
Rotterdam (left) and
Paris (brightly-lit city west of Brussels) all stand out through a network of smaller cities in Western Europe. The pass continues over the
snow-covered
Alps and to the Italian Peninsula, where
lightning storms cover the southern half of the peninsula. The ISS then tracks over the
Mediterranean Sea, with
Greece to the left of track, northern
Africa right of track, and the island of
Crete. Finally, the pass finishes near the Nile River Delta and the Red Sea.