Standing on the Teachers desk... And Other New Perspectives

Surfers are a lucky bunch because they often get to look at things at a different angle or perspective then the regular beach going swimmer. The best way that I can explain it is like being in grade school and standing on the teachers desk and looking around the room. I actually did stand on my teachers desk when I was in the eighth grade. Just so you know I was invited to stand up there by the teacher and I didn't hit my head on the ceiling. It was really weird being about five feet higher than I had ever been in that room. Surfing is the same way, you are about five feet (or whatever your height is) higher than you would be if you were swimming and everything looks different. So with this in mind I found a cool video clip of how the earth looks from about 350 KM up... now that's a big teachers desk. Take a look around and get a new perspective of what you consider home... Do you consider "Home" your house, your local surf break, your street, your neighborhood, your city, your country or your planet?

This is what they had to say about this video (just trying to give some credit to those who deserve it):

Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions
28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October,
2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude of around 350 km.
All credit goes to them.

HD, refurbished, smoothed, retimed, denoised, deflickered, cut, etc.
All in all I tried to keep the looks of the material as original as possible,
avoided adjusting the colors and the like, since in my opinion the original
footage itself already has an almost surreal and aestethical visual nature.

Music: Jan Jelinek | Do Dekor, faitiche back2001
w+p by Jan Jelinek, published by scape Publishing / Universal
janjelinek.com | faitiche.de

Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory,
NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
eol.jsc.nasa.gov

Editing: Michael König | koenigm.com

Shooting locations in order of appearance:

1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night
2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night
3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia
4. Aurora Australis south of Australia
5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night
6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean
7. Halfway around the World
8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East
9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East
10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night
11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay
12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night
13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam
14. Views of the Mideast at Night
15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea
16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night
17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean
18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night