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WATCH: NASA releases stunning timelapse images from the International Space Station

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NASA releases stunning timelapse images from the International Space Station
WATCH ABOVE: New timelaspe video of the Earth from the International Space Station – Apr 4, 2016

It’s always mesmerizing watching timelapse images taken at 400 kilometres from the surface of the Earth – and this new video NASA released on YouTube is no different.

In the sequence, the camera’s angle captures the glow of the Earth’s atmosphere and the millions upon millions of lights which outline the spread of human civilization.

Over the years, we’ve been treated with numerous timelapses taken from the International Space Station (ISS).

WATCH: British astronaut Tim Peake filmed a timelapse from the International Space Station to showcase electrical storms across the globe.
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Timelapse from space of lightning strikes across the Earth

Back in February, British astronaut Time Peake recorded a timelapse of electrical storms spreading across the Earth’s surface from the ISS.

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From North Africa to Russia, you can see an array of flashing lights, which outshone our own artificial light network.

WATCH: The crew on the International Space Station moved a module while travelling around 25,000 km/h.

And in June 2015, NASA released a 4K timelapse of the ISS in the foreground orbiting the Earth.

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The timelapse captures when the Canadarm had to move around one of ISS’s modules so commercial spacecraft from SpaceX and Boeing could dock with the station.

With files from Nicole Mortillaro

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