The Americas at night as seen by the Space Station

Video from the International Space Station orbiting Earth at night, beginning over the Pacific and ending in daylight near Antarctica. Visible landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico, Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, El Salvador, lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Lake Titicaca, and the Amazon. Also visible is the earths ionosphere (thin yellow line), a satellite (55sec) and stars of our galaxy.