Aurora imaged from Space

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Originally shared by Pierre Markuse

Aurora imaged from Space

In this image you can see an aurora, taken by ESA astronaut Tim Peake (https://goo.gl/4HAAIV) from aboard the International Space Station (ISS). In his tweet Peake described flying through the aurora as "eerie but very beautiful".

What is an Aurora?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora

Tim Peake is aboard the ISS at the moment (Expedition 46, https://goo.gl/qG4Sza) and is posting pictures from space on his Twitter, follow him here: https://twitter.com/astro_timpeake

Read more about his Principia mission aboard the ISS here:
https://principia.org.uk/

Image credit: Aurora from Space ESA/NASA/Tim Peake https://goo.gl/LdsT19 / Edited by Pierre Markuse  

#science #aurora  #iss #principia #space #spacetechnology  #internationalspacestation #timpeake #photography

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