--- title: Time Lapse Video: Earth Seen from International Space Station description: Watch this and feel at peace with the universe canonical: https://time.com/2981600/stunning-time-lapse-video-shows-the-earth-seen-from-250-miles-above/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-14T18:00:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:39.362Z og:title: This Time-Lapse Video Shows the Earth Seen From 250 Miles Above og:description: Watch this and feel at peace with the universe og:url: https://time.com/2981600/stunning-time-lapse-video-shows-the-earth-seen-from-250-miles-above/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b14f961d5a6b41d/69869bb0cd804d8eb0ccbeb6/103458487.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5547 og:image:height: 3120 og:image:alt: 103458487 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Time-Lapse Video Shows the Earth Seen From 250 Miles Above twitter:description: Watch this and feel at peace with the universe twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b14f961d5a6b41d/69869bb0cd804d8eb0ccbeb6/103458487.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stunning Time-Lapse Video Shows the Earth Seen From 250 Miles Above by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 14, 2014 6:00 PM UTC  View of Full Earth centered over the Pacific Ocean. View of Full Earth centered over the Pacific Ocean.Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 14, 2014 6:00 PM UTC Astronaut Alexander Gerst recorded footage from the International Space Station as it soared over Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean at speeds around 18,000 miles an hour (!!!). Everything sure seems more peaceful from 250 miles away, huh? ([h/t io9](http://io9.com/new-time-lapse-video-of-earth-from-space-is-your-monday-1604592190)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2981600/stunning-time-lapse-video-shows-the-earth-seen-from-250-miles-above/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2981600/stunning-time-lapse-video-shows-the-earth-seen-from-250-miles-above/"},"headline":"Stunning Time-Lapse Video Shows the Earth Seen From 250 Miles Above","datePublished":"2014-07-14T18:00:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:39.362Z","description":"Watch this and feel at peace with the universe","url":"https://time.com/2981600/stunning-time-lapse-video-shows-the-earth-seen-from-250-miles-above/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Space","Science topic","video","Time-lapse","international space station"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b14f961d5a6b41d/69869bb0cd804d8eb0ccbeb6/103458487.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b14f961d5a6b41d/69869bb0cd804d8eb0ccbeb6/103458487.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"103458487","caption":"103458487","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2981600/stunning-time-lapse-video-shows-the-earth-seen-from-250-miles-above/","name":"Stunning Time-Lapse Video Shows the Earth Seen From 250 Miles Above"}}]}] ```