The View From Above

Ever wonder what the view of Earth is like from space? Happily, the International Space Station has a live webcam of the view from orbit:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html?param=station

To find out where the ISS is at a given moment, check out:

http://iss.astroviewer.net

To find out when a good time to see the ISS with your own eyes will happen,

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States

The ISS's passes are brief, but for a couple of minutes it's the fastest, brightest thing in the night sky. And it's a strange thing to look up a speck of light and think that there are human living right up there in space.