Day 141. The chapter of a day ends as it began. #Aurora on a sunrise. Good night from @space_station! #YearInSpace https://t.co/hZBMs9q0CS
— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) August 15, 2015
The aurora borealis is a natural phenomenon that not many of us get the chance to see, especially since it usually happens in places that are quite far away and remote. However one of the perks of being in space is that you kind of get a bird’s eye view on things, which is what NASA astronaut Scott Kelly did.
Kelly had recently passed over the aurora borealis while on the International Space Station which was travelling at roughly 17,000mph, and in the process he managed to snag some breathtaking footage of the Northern Lights in action. What makes his video particularly special is the fact that it was captured as the colors of the lights changed and shifted, making it a truly magical experience.
Even if you have experienced being under the Northern Lights yourself, we reckon that seeing it happening while you’re above Earth has to be an entirely different experience, one that even less people will ever get to experience in their lifetime. As it stands, Kelly is currently on a record-breaking space mission with NASA.
The plan is to stay on the ISS for 342 days and it looks like Kelly is almost halfway in at 141 days. Together with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, both are expected to return to Earth next spring.