Astronaut Ron Garan's photography is a common feature here at BA Central, and although his still photos are incredible, he hadn't tried time-lapse photography until his last trip up to the space station. He took a series of images and he himself created a video from them, called "Time Lapse From Space - Literally. The Journey Home". It's similar to the time lapse I posted recently of the Earth from space, but has some new stuff in it:
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This is part of a project Ron is working on called Fragile Oasis
, an effort to get everyone to see the Earth as a single home for humanity, and to inspire people to make a difference, change things for the better. About his feelings as he gazed down on the Earth from space, Ron writes
:
It was very moving to see the beauty of the ...