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07-06-2018, 05:04 AM
Check out this incredible video of the Southern Lights from space
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German astronaut Alexander Gerst captured an amazing timelapse of the Aurora Australis, aka the Southern Lights, glittering from the International Space Station.*
The video shows 38 seconds of electric green lights dancing energetically to the tune of an upbeat piano song somewhere over the south pole.
SEE ALSO: NASA is attempting to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time (https://mashable.com/2018/05/22/mars-helicopter-2020/)
According to the European Space Agency (ESA) (http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2018/06/Horizons_mission_time-lapse_The_dancing_aurora), the video is made up of nearly 1,000 images taken in rapid succession and was taken during one of the 16 orbits the ISS makes daily.*
Gerst tweeted out his awe at the experience.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/05/southern-lights-aurora-australis-space/)
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German astronaut Alexander Gerst captured an amazing timelapse of the Aurora Australis, aka the Southern Lights, glittering from the International Space Station.*
The video shows 38 seconds of electric green lights dancing energetically to the tune of an upbeat piano song somewhere over the south pole.
SEE ALSO: NASA is attempting to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time (https://mashable.com/2018/05/22/mars-helicopter-2020/)
According to the European Space Agency (ESA) (http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2018/06/Horizons_mission_time-lapse_The_dancing_aurora), the video is made up of nearly 1,000 images taken in rapid succession and was taken during one of the 16 orbits the ISS makes daily.*
Gerst tweeted out his awe at the experience.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/05/southern-lights-aurora-australis-space/)
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