This unbelievable simulation showing the speed of the International Space Station is blowing people’s minds and leaving people stunned.
The International Space Station is repeatedly doing flybys where we can just about see it, but this animation imagines what it would look like to see the ISS cruising at 10,000 feet above the ground.
The truly eye-watering speed of the space station is impressive as it zooms past in a blink and you’ll miss it moment.
If it travelled so low to the ground in real life, it would take the space station just 90 minutes to travel the full length of the globe.
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The speed of the International Space Station is leaving people stunned
While we’re used to this craft being located in space, this video from an animation channel on YouTube imagines what it would be like if the International Space Station flew a lot closer to Earth.
Instead of orbiting far away from the planet, where we can only vaguely make it out in the sky, this animation puts it at 10,000 feet above us.
While, as a concept, it seems a little foreign, it shows how truly quickly the ISS would travel if it actually orbited at that height.
In most frames, it’s a blink and you miss it moment as it zooms by at a hair-raising speed.
The concept is quite relaxing
Although you wouldn’t think it, the video of the International Space Station zooming over the Earth has been found weirdly relaxing.
One commenter said: “I’d really watch a 3-hour version where the ISS goes around the earth twice with some chill ambient music.”
Another commenter made a silly joke saying: “We should all be thankful for the bravery of the astronauts who daringly flew the ISS at such a low altitude just to give us this amazing footage.”
Thanks to Airplane Mode for giving us our new pre-bedtime simulation video.
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