Animated Aurora Borealis

in Science, Video - Science | December 10th, 2008 Comments

While working on the International Space Station, Astronaut Don Pettit created this remarkable video of the aurora borealis (otherwise known as The Northern Lights). How? By stitching together a large sequence of still images that he took from space. It makes for some good viewing.

 

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