The European Space Agency has shared on its official Instagram account a set of images that showcase the Aurora from the International Space Station and these could be the best ever images captured of this natural phenomenon.?
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In one image, you¡¯re able to look at the glowing surface along with the solar panel array of the International Space Station, while several spots on Earth seem to be having a light show of their own.?
Another image just shows green and red hues illuminating the planet, reminding me of Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy movies by Marvel.
The images were captured by French Astronaut Thomas Pesquet who¡¯s currently aboard the ISS. The images show the Earth glow in magnificent hues of green, orange, and red, illuminating the solar system, resulting in a truly mesmerizing scene.
Sharing the series of images, ESA revealed in its caption, ¡°This set of images showing Earth's aurora captured by @thom_astro from the @iss is so stunning is so stunning, we can't decide which picture is our favourite."
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Thomas Pesquet, while sharing these images with ESA said in a statement, ¡°Space weather is actually a real thing! Amongst others, ESA can predict when aurora are more likely to occur. Space weather is important as it predicts solar events and their effects on satellite orbits and space operations. Just like with normal weather we cannot change it, but we can prepare for outbursts of space weather.¡±
Northern Lights or Auroras (depending on whether you¡¯re on the North or South Pole) occur in Earth¡¯s Ionosphere. The ions of the solar wind clash with atoms of oxygen and nitrogen present in the Earth's atmosphere.?
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This causes the release of energy, resulting in a colourful glowing halo around the poles. These are often seen to occur around 97 to1,000 kilometres above the Earth's surface.
Southern Lights or Auroras are seen from Antarctica, as well as a few areas near Australia, New Zealand, and some parts of Chile in Argentina. Northern Lights, however, are better visible from Canada, Finland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden and Alaska.
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