An aurora is a dazzling spectacle to witness down here on Earth, but from space, you get an entirely different perspective on the light show.
While most of us won't have the opportunity to see the beauty of an aurora from space first-hand, astronauts have captured stunning images of what an aurora looks like dancing over our planet. In February, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli shared her view of an aurora from the International Space Station, writing on X : 'Sometimes I can’t believe this is our planet, OUR home. How lucky we are to live somewhere so spectacular and alive.
Image: NASA The aurora australis streams across the Earth's atmosphere as the International Space Station orbited 271 miles above the southern Indian Ocean in between Asia and Antarctica. Image: NASA Astronaut Don L. Lind, mission specialist, termed this scene of an aurora in the Southern Hemisphere as 'spectacular,' during a TV down link featuring discussion of the auroral observations on the seven-day flight. This scene was captured by astronaut Robert F.
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