These images are from the International Space Station (ISS) and show the green and red dancing of Aurora Borealis in the Canadian sky.
this Northern Lights It is usually seen from the ground – especially in high latitudes near the Arctic – but can also be observed from space.
Natural phenomena occur when the solar wind destroys the Earth’s magnetic field, which is the stream of charged particles released by the sun.
In this video in January 2025, city lights are visible on the ground below due to the ISS tracks on the Canadian landscape. The space station then soared to a sunrise of 259 miles (417 kilometers) above the Atlantic Ocean.
