Auroras Streaming over Earth | International Space Station
Auroras vividly streamed over the Earth as the International Space Station orbited above.
A aurora vividly streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbited 273 miles above the southern Indian Ocean in between Australia and Antarctica.
Image Date: October 10, 2021
A vivid aurora streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbited 274 miles above the southern Indian Ocean in between Australia and Antarctica.
Image Date: October 12, 2021
A faint aurora beneath a starry sky is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 273 miles above the southern Indian Ocean in between Australia and Antarctica.
Image Date: October 10, 2021
An aurora dimly intersects with Earth's airglow as the International Space Station flew into an orbital sunrise 264 miles above the Pacific Ocean before crossing over Canada.
Image Date: October 30, 2021
A vivid aurora streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbited 273 miles above the southern Indian Ocean in between Australia and Antarctica.
Image Date: October 11, 2021
An aurora streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbited 273 miles above the southern Indian Ocean in between Australia and Antarctica.
Image Date: October 13, 2021
A bright aurora crowns Earth's horizon beneath a starry sky as the International Space Station flew into an orbital sunrise 264 miles above north Montana in the United States.
Image Date: October 30, 2021
An aurora is pictured below the International Space Station as it was orbiting 274 miles above the southern Pacific Ocean just south of Auckland Island, New Zealand. In the foreground (from left) are, the Soyuz MS-19 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module and the Soyuz MS-18 crew ship docked to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.
Image Date: October 9, 2021
Auroras are produced when the Earth's magnetosphere is sufficiently disturbed by the solar wind that the trajectories of charged particles in both solar wind and magnetospheric plasma, mainly in the form of electrons and protons, precipitate them into the upper atmosphere (thermosphere/exosphere) due to Earth's magnetic field, where their energy is lost. The resulting ionization and excitation of atmospheric constituents emits light of varying color and complexity.
[Wikipedia]
Learn more:
The Colors of the Aurora (National Park Service)
NASA - About Aurora
An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.
Learn more about the important research being operated on the ISS:
https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science
For more information about STEM on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation
STEM is an acronym for the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Image Capture Dates: Oct. 9-30, 2021
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