2 Videos: The View from Above & The View from Below

Here are two videos for your enjoyment.

First, a visually stunning ride from the International Space Station with aurora, city lights and more:

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

The second video is far less epic, but maybe just as important. It is a story (with me!) about a revision to the light pollution ordinance in Tucson/Pima County, AZ - one of the few places that is actually trying to control the explosion of light that you can see in the previous video.