NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this amazing view from the International Space Station using a new 15mm lens (T1.8, 1/3s exposure) that was delivered on a recent Cygnus cargo ship.
The sunrise illuminates an orbiting Soyuz spacecraft in blue. "The aurora have been amazing the past few days. Great timing for trying out a new lens that recently arrived on Cygnus," Dominick ...
In the Southern Hemisphere, this is known as the southern lights, or the aurora australis. A time-lapse of the cosmic pairing also revealed dozens of satellites flickering in the night sky.
Astrophotographers who embarked on a journey to northern Alaska in pursuit of a once-in-a-lifetime shot witnessed aurora ...
A minor G1 geomagnetic storm had been forecast in advance, but what transpired was a G2 geomagnetic storm — a reminder how unpredictable displays of aurora can be. However, with a bright moon ...