From the bottom, an aurora is gorgeous. From space, it’s otherworldly in its magnificence.
Unfortunately, most Earthlings gained’t have the chance to view the celestial gentle present from space. But guaranteeing we don’t really feel too disregarded, NASA Astronaut and U.S. Navy Commander Matthew Dominick shared a timelapse the October 7-8 aurora from his perspective. Dominick is at present onboard the International Space Station and captured the video from the window of the Dragon Endeavour, which is at present docked on the ISS.
The vibrant greens, reds, and purples dance over the curvature of our planet. Dominick and the ISS crew snapped 1000’s of photos looking for the proper settings and angle to seize the aurora. The consequence (seen above) is spectacular. Dominick had been scheduled to return to Earth with the remaining of Crew-8 on October 7, however Hurricane Milton pressured NASA and SpaceX to push the crew’s return date again to no sooner than October 13.
“This is the view out the window this evening,” Dominick wrote on X. “I miss my family and friends but we would have missed today’s insane aurora if we had undocked today.”