The European Space Agency (ESA) shared a stunning time-lapse video that captured the Earth from the International Space Station (ISS). The video was taken by ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen from the window of the ISS. While sharing the surreal view of the blue planet, the space research agency wrote, “Happy New Year, Earth‼ With this Timelapse captured from the ISS by our astronaut Andreas Mogensen, we want to wish you a peaceful, safe and exciting year 2024! May the New Year be full of grand adventures and opportunities! We’ll keep bringing the wonders of the universe and Earth to the palm of your hands.”
This clip has already gathered over 13,000 views. Commenting on it, an Instagram user wrote, “Thank you so much for sharing it. It’s amazing.” Another mentioned, “To another wonderful year of what our species can do… when we dare to transcend.”
Mogensen also took to his personal Instagram account to share a photo of Earth from the ISS to welcome 2024. He wrote, “New Year’s Greetings from space! Traveling at 28,000 kilometers per hour, the Space Station will cross the International Date Line several times tonight, so we will be celebrating New Year’s multiple times up here. So, how do we celebrate it? The day is spent with the crew, where we relax, enjoy some good food, and perhaps take a trip to the Cupola to look down at Earth. Unfortunately, we can’t see fireworks from up here, but the view of Earth is still fantastic. And we have 1 January off to slowly start up the New Year.”
This is not the first time that Mogensen has shared snippets from his stay at the ISS. On Christmas, the Dutch astronaut shared how he and his colleagues celebrated Christmas, hundreds of kilometers above the earth’s surface.
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