Astronaut Thomas Pesquet has posted in his twitter account some breathtaking pictures of aurora lights captured from the International Space Station (ISS). These pictures of the aurora lights were captured during a night-time pass of the Earth.
The images show the specks of light at night and the stunning aurora lights radiating a rare green glow with streaks of blue.
Since being shared, these images of aurora lights have been “liked” over 15,000 times on Twitter, and 30,000 times on Instagram.
Auroras result when charged particles from the sun enter the atmosphere of earth. The lights are most commonly observed above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. They are known as Aurora Australis in the south and Aurora Borealis in the north.
The view at night recently has been simply magnificent: few clouds, intense #aurora. I can’t look away from the windows pic.twitter.com/ZL6KRMFYMM
— Thomas Pesquet (@Thom_astro) April 1, 2017
Thomas Pesquet, 39, is a French aerospace engineer and pilot, who was born in Rouen, France. He holds a black belt in judo. He was selected by European Space Agency (ESA) as an astronaut candidate in 2009, and completed his initial astronaut training in 2010. Basketball, jogging, swimming, and squash are the favorite sports of Pesquet. He also enjoys kite surfing, mountain biking, skiing, sailing, mountaineering, scuba diving and parachuting.
Pesquet has been onboard ISS since November 2016. He will return to Earth in May, but before that, he’ll complete his six-month Proxima mission as a flight engineer for Expedition 50 and 51. Since his arrival on ISS, Pesquet has been regularly uploading pictures of what he sees from the ISS.
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