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title: "Mother of all timelapses"
description: "Alexander Gerst made some timelapse videos from the International Space Station. Jaw dropping."
url: https://www.mathys.to/writing/inspiration/mother-of-all-timelapses-5333/
section: inspiration
published: 2014-12-28
last_updated: 2026-05-03
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# Mother of all timelapses

*Alexander Gerst made some timelapse videos from the International Space Station. Jaw dropping.*

Watch Earth roll by through the perspective of ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst in this six-minute timelapse video from space. Combining 12 500 images taken by Alexander during his six-month Blue Dot mission on the International Space Station this Ultra High Definition video shows the best our beautiful planet has to offer.

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