Space Station 20th: Longest Continuous Timelapse From Space

Gerst's second mission produced his longest time-lapse: about 21,375 images taken from the Cupola on October 6, 2018, released for the station's 20th anniversary and shown 12.5 times faster than real time. At just under 15 minutes it follows the station through two orbits in one continuous sequence, with lightning storms below and the station's rotating solar wings, radiators and the Japanese HTV-7 cargo spacecraft in the frame. Watch this one to understand how an orbit actually unfolds.