I've never seen anything like this: The Earth captured in time lapse by an astronaut at the International Space Station, cruising at 17,239 miles per hour—that's 7.7 kilometers per second, or 4.7 miles per second.


The time lapse video was taken by NASA astronaut and Oregon State University alum Don Pettit, while he was at the ISS. Here are some his other awesome videos:

[Oregon State University—Thanks Rebecca!]