A powerful NASA video: Stunning images of Earth accompanied by Disturbed's cover of 'The Sound of Silence' - Vocalist David Draiman
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There's no doubt that our planet is beautiful, especially when you see it from space (if you need convincing, just click here to see the photo known as "The Blue Marble" taken by Apollo 17 astronauts on their way to the moon).
Since we first started seeing Earth from space in the 1960s, there have been countless wonderful images of the world taken by astronauts and satellites.
We can add one stunningly breathtaking video recently released by NASA to the mix.
From August through October this year, cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, of Russia, and astronauts Paolo Nespoli, of Italy, and Commander Randy Bresnik, of the United States, aboard the International Space Station compiled spectacular video of Earth from their low-earth orbit. The video includes sensational snippets of cities, deserts, oceans, islands, volcanoes, aurora and much more.
The images themselves are fantastic, but the space travelers' soundtrack choice -- heavy metal band Disturbed's haunting version of Paul Simon's "The Sound of Silence" -- results in a stirring presentation.
"Sharing the incomparable silent beauty of our planet with all our fellow travelers on this, our Spaceship Earth," wrote the astronauts.
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