Finally, Hi-Def Streaming Video of the ISS's View of Earth

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 4, 2014 @08:42AM from the extra-monitor-over-the-crib dept.

An anonymous reader writes with a snippet from ExtremeTech: "After being continuously inhabited for more than 13 years, it is finally possible to log into Ustream and watch the Earth spinning on its axis in glorious HD. This video feed [embedded at ExtremeTech] comes from from four high-definition cameras, delivered by last month's SpaceX CRS-3 resupply mission, that are attached to the outside of the International Space Station. You can open up the Ustream page at any time, and as long as it isn't night time aboard the ISS, you'll be treated to a beautiful view of the Earth from around 250 miles (400 km) up."

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HD? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-05-04 08:53 · Score: 2, Funny

By HD, they mean looking at nothing but grey?
1. Re:HD? by jtownatpunk.net · 2014-05-04 09:27 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  But it's a very highly defined grey. Look at that fidelity.
Re:Useless by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2014-05-04 08:59 · Score: 3, Funny

A grey square? So it's not that much dissimilar from a pale blue pixel...if you stand from it at a sufficient distance, at night.

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What have we done? by houghi · 2014-05-04 09:19 · Score: 5, Funny

OMG we slashdotted the ISS.

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Re:Useless by dohzer · 2014-05-04 13:48 · Score: 4, Funny

Not just any grey square, but a high definition grey square!