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| High-definition Video of Earth to be Streamed Online Posted: 02 Jul 2011 10:18 AM PDT One has seen the beauty of the sunrise and the sunset. Wouldn't it be all marvellous to have a better view from high above the Earth? Out of the total population on Earth, only a few people have had the luck to get a view of Earth from space. A Canadian company called UrtheCast (the word “Urthe” is pronounced similar to “Earth”, though they could have really named it Earth!!) has made some contracts with a Russian space agency called Roscosmos to stream the video of Earth online. The live sight of a part of the Earth going into darkness, the sight of earthquakes and tsunamis on certain regions of the world can all be viewed in high-definition from now on. They have decided to mount a set of video cameras on the outer part of the International Space Station. The video from these cameras will be sent back to Earth and will be uploaded on to a website so that everyone can see the absolute beauty of Mother Earth for free!! Out of the two cams, one is used to shoot the video in high at a rate of 3.25 frames per second. The other camera is used to...  |
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