I'm looking for a movie that contains a slow pan across the earth as seen from space (without any spacecraft).

Question

I'm pretty sure I've seen this before but I can't remember the name of the movie for the life of me!

It's a pretty slow-paced shot, you see the blackness of space, then the curve of the Earth, followed by the sun peeking over the edge of the horizon. The curvature of the Earth is clearly visible in the shot.

Answer 1

There's an IMAX shot from the space shuttle called (I believe) "The Earth from Space."

Never mind the above title (that was a coffee table book). The above person, Joselito's answer sounds like the IMAX movie I meant (Space Flight).

Answer 2

Darling, it's an IMAX!! All the Answers above want to be techy about aperture, shutter speed etc but why can't we see an IMAX film assembled from many sources which simulates what the "sky" WOULD look like IF IF we could film the Earth and the stars at the same time. They've had 30 years: surely a pastiche could be slapped together.

Answer 3

Space Flight

Answer 4

That sounds like a scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey

Answer 5

SUPERMAN the original and i think the new one