NASA astronaut shares video of Northern Lights from space Staggering clips and photographs have captured the extraordinary beauty of the Northern Lights - from the vantage point of the International Space Station . US astronaut Matthew Dominick shared the footage and pictures, taken over course of the last few days, via X. One brief film shows an eerie green glow over the Earth's horizon , with the ISS in the foreground.
Mr Dominick described it as “timelapse of the moon setting into streams of red and green aurora followed by a sunrise lighting up Soyuz with a light blue. He continued: "The aurora have been amazing the past few days. Great timing for trying out a new lens that recently arrived on Cygnus.
” READ MORE: Ukraine-NATO tensions erupt as insane Nordstream sabotage plan exposed A still from Matthew Dominick's clip, shot from the International Space Station (Image: Matthew Dominick/NASA) In one stunning photo, the ISS basks in the light of what is also known as the aurora borealis. Mr Dominick comments: "The moon makes it way towards the horizon to set amongst red and green aurora. "I was setup in a different window and saw this through another window.
"I made a quick camera, camera mount, and shroud teardown and setup. Felt so lucky to grab this shot." Don't miss.
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