Aurora borealis from the ISS

[Catshrink]

redqueen posted this in the lounge and I wanted to be sure you saw it here also. This is so cool!

http://www.rincondelmisterio.com/la-aurora-boreal-vista-desde-el-espacio/en/

PS -- I apologize if it's already been posted. I didn't see a thread.

[hoplophile]

1. Wow

That is so cool!!!!

[classof56]

2. Spectacular! Thanks for posting. Don Pettit is Oregon's very own astronaut.

This is his second trip to the ISS, IIRC. He does our state proud!

[Catshrink]

3. Thank redqueen for finding it.

It defines awesome.

[cascadiance]

10. Speaking of Oregon, I was wondering the other night if I saw them here...

A night or two ago I was looking up in the Portland, Oregon sky here (just moved here a few weeks ago), and saw a glow in the clouds. It looked too big to be a single entity like a plane, etc. and being behind the clouds, I wasn't sure what was really the source of it, but I suspected it might be the Northern Lights. Being down in San Diego before and other parts of California, hadn't been used to seeing such sights...

[classof56]

21. First of all, welcome to Portland! Great city--one of the best, IMHO.

Yes, that could have been the Northern Lights. I lived west of Salem for many years and saw the Aurora Borealis a time or two, even down there. Also saw it over the Colorado Rockies when I lived there a long time ago, but have not seen them here East of the Cascades. You're fortunate to have enjoyed one of nature's most amazing wonders. Plenty of others here in beautiful Oregon, as I'm sure you're finding out!

:)

[donco6]

4. Love it! Thanks! n/t

[mainer]

5. I didn't know you could see it from space. Thanks!

Always assumed it could only be seen within earth's atmosphere.

[psychmommy]

6. absolutely stunning.

sights like that remind me there is a God. soo beautiful.

[immoderate]

7. Really cool!

Thanks for posting. :hi:

--IMM

[Catshrink]

12. Hey IMM!

It is totally cool, eh? Nice to "see" you!

:hi:

[immoderate]

20. Hi to you!

I like your sig dog. Is that Picasso?

--IMM

[Maestro]

8. Very cool!

What a sight to behold!

[pansypoo53219]

9. if i was up there,

i'd be glued to the window. NASA channel used to be on our cable and i watched the shuttle cam. watching clouds for an hour or so. one time had a special night camera and watched a T-storm over australia. good times.

[BrklynLiberal]

11. Thanks for reposting. I did not see it before.

It is really breathtaking...

[Control-Z]

13. Thank you

That was so cool!

[redqueen]

14. Wow... you're right.

I should have just posted it here. :)

[Catshrink]

16. What a find! Thank you for this.

As you can see, it is greatly appreciated. I emailed the link to my sister in Anchorage and she thought it was really awesome -- and she sees the real thing.

[redqueen]

17. I honestly thought

that people in this forum would have found it boring.

[Catshrink]

18. No way....

Someone posts a thread every Friday called "Friday eye candy" with space photos. It's way cool. I'm not focused enough to remember the poster's name (:spank: me) and I may have the thread title a bit off, but it's sure a welcome break from the bickering in GD and GDP.

on edit: the poster is n2doc.

[FSogol]

15. Amazing. Thanks. n/t

[bonito]

19. There is a place where science must admit it is all indeed magic

especially in the playground of the scientist where more light is received and questioned with awe only with a intermittent rushes of understanding unlocking segments of our existence left only again to wonder the infinite and boundlessness of it all, and some claim reaching within ourselves these answers are to be found I happen to agree...

[IndianaGreen]

22. The Aurora Borealis and the Aurora Australis from space

Great YouTube video in OP!

Here are the Aurora Borealis and the Aurora Australis from space. There are 14 photos posted here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/5577855/The-Aurora-Borealis-and-the-Aurora-Australis-from-space.html



While docked and onboard the International Space Station on March 21st 2008, an STS-123 Endeavour crewmember, looking northward across the Gulf of Alaska, captured the glowing green beauty of the Aurora Borealis over the Earth



The Aurora Borealis and the Manicouagan Impact Crater reservoir in Quebec, Canada, are seen in this photo taken by astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer, on board the International Space station in January 2003



This view featuring the Aurora Australis or southern lights was recorded on 35mm film by a crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-114 mission on August 6th 2005



The Aurora Australis was photographed by a crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in August 2005