Breathtaking footage spotted there are virtually no cars on the roads

Breathtaking footage spotted there are virtually no cars on the roads

Footage captured from the International Space Station has revealed a rare glimpse at North Korea’s capital city, Pyongyang.

The video, taken by the Iris camera on May 30, provides a rare look at life behind the city walls, with sparse traffic and even pedestrians visible in the clips.

According to engineers from UrtheCast, people can be seen walking within the grounds of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the massive tomb that houses the bodies of deceased leaders.

‘Yes, there are places on the planet where even drones and helicopters can’t be flown to capture video of the Earth below,’ Theras Wood, content and communications at UrtheCast, shared in a blog post.

‘Our space-based video captures the globe between ±52º north and south — an area of the planet in which ~95% of the human population lives.

'We're revealing a perspective of Earth from space that was previously reserved for a small few,' said Scott Larso, UrtheCast co-founder.

Ranging in length from 34 to 47 seconds, and covering areas of up to 1.19 x 0.67 miles (1.92 x 1.08 km), the footage is, as of yet, unparalleled.

Wade Larson, UrtheCast co-founder, said: 'We are realising UrtheCast's mission to bring something really quite unique to the Earth Observation industry.

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