Astronaut Captures Dazzling Aurora Dancing Above Earth

Astronaut Captures Dazzling Aurora Dancing Above Earth

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot (@soph_astro) was recently treated to incredible, dazzling aurora displays in space while aboard the International Space Station (ISS). While Adenot and the ESA shared photos last month, Adenot just shared an incredible video of auroras from space on social media today.

Emerald-colored Auroral 'Ribbons' over Planet Earth

Emerald-colored Auroral 'Ribbons' over Planet Earth | International Space StationExpedition 74 flight engineer and European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot of France: "Watching this glowing green ribbon shimmer and dance, it's easy to lose yourself completely in the magic of the moment. Turn the sound on for the full experience—the music was carefully chosen to bring you as close as possible to what I felt watching this from space 💚."Follo…

Sophie Adenot Captures an Aurora Like No Other from Orbit, Showcasing Shimmering Ribbons That Lit the Station from Within

Photo credit: Sophie Adenot French astronaut Sophie Adenot has shared images and video from one of the strongest aurora displays she has seen during her time aboard the International Space Station. The capture dates to day 127 of her εpsilon mission, logged as orbit 1968, and she called it the most spectacular one yet. The [...]

Interpolated time-lapse of Aurora Australis, from space

Seán Doran stringed together time-lapse photos from the International Space Station and interpolated the frames in between to make a smooth high-resolution video. 5,234 images from 2 time-lapse sequences photographed by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot & NASA astronaut Jessica Meir on ISS Expedition 74 are repaired, remastered & retimed. 33,946 additional frames are created to complete this 4x real time video footage. A method called frame interpolat…