View from the ISS at Night: "Makes me want to throw away my camera"

My friend @TravelinMike tweeted me a drop dead gorgeous timelapse video from the International Space Station. Take a look:

View from the ISS at Night from Knate Myers on Vimeo.

Did you see this space timelapse @EricTeske? Makes me want to throw away my camera.mashable.com/2012/07/21/stu… via @mashable
— Michael Donohoe (@TravelinMike) July 23, 2012

I completely agree! The footage is breathtaking, and it makes me wish I had a better camera, more experience, and - wait a minute... Knate Myers isn't an astronaut on the ISS. As Knate states in the video credits:

"Every frame in this video is a photograph taken from the International Space Station. All credit goes to the crews on board the ISS. I removed noise and edited some shots in photoshop. Compiled and arranged in Sony Vegas."

So what's the deal? Can I take epic footage from the International Space Station, add some music, and post it on my own Vimeo channel? According to NASA: Absolutely!

The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth isn't just a clever name, the site provides hours of free public access videos from space.

Heck, I can even snag some images to use on my site for free (like the ones below) as long as I say Images courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center and add a link to http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/

ISS030-E-271500

ISS030-E-271750

Boom! Free media. Nothing against Knate Myers, but I'm a lot less impressed. I might even make my own ISS video and post it online for everyone to gawk at! No fancy equipment needed!