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See Earth from Space With a Pink Floyd Soundtrack (Video)

The Pink Floyd website DivisionBell20.com uses stunning views of Earth from the International Space Station as part of its countdown to a May 20, 2014 launch.
The Pink Floyd website DivisionBell20.com uses stunning views of Earth from the International Space Station as part of its countdown to a May 20, 2014 launch. (Image credit: Pink Floyd via http://www.divisionbell20.com/)

If you've ever wondered what the view of Earth from space would be like set to a Pink Floyd soundtrack, wonder no more. The band is counting down to the launch of something on Tuesday (May 20), and is using stunning views from the International Space Station to do it.

The English rock band has launched a website (http://www.divisionbell20.com/) that features amazing views recorded from (and inside) the space station, footage that appears to be from a music video entitled "Marooned," which the band posted on YouTube on April 28. The Division Bell is a Pink Floyd album released 20 years ago in March 1994. The band is also encouraging fans to use the hashtag #TDB20. You can see the amazing space station views entire music video, which runs 5 minutes, 25 seconds, here: 

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Tariq is the award-winning Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and joined the team in 2001. He covers human spaceflight, as well as skywatching and entertainment. He became Space.com's Editor-in-Chief in 2019. Before joining Space.com, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering education and city beats in La Habra, Fullerton and Huntington Beach. He's a recipient of the 2022 Harry Kolcum Award for excellence in space reporting and the 2025 Space Pioneer Award from the National Space Society. He is an Eagle Scout and Space Camp alum with journalism degrees from the USC and NYU. You can find Tariq at Space.com and as the co-host to the This Week In Space podcast on the TWiT network. To see his latest project, you can follow Tariq on Twitter @tariqjmalik.