As they orbited above Earth early in the morning on Feb. 26, 2023, NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann, and JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata spotted these glowing auroras from the cupola of the International Space Station. Cassada and Mann captured this time-lapse video of the Northern Lights a day later.
Listen to Cassada describe the experience in an interview conducted on the station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FfTKo6DTaU&t=676s
Credit: NASA
Before the season came to an end, @thom_astro captured this timelapse of the aurora australis from the @iss and shared it on his social media channels saying: “We’ve been looking, but there’s nothing to see anymore in our aurora sweet spot (southwest of Australia, midway to Antarctica). Don’t worry, I still have a few to share. Don’t you just 💚 the way the light skips across Earth in this one as the solar arrays comes into view.”
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