Timelapse of extensive northern lights shot by French Astronaut Thomas Pesquet

Timelapse of extensive northern lights shot by French Astronaut Thomas Pesquet from europe

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  1. My sleep deprived brain actually thought a french austronaut actually tried to shoot the northern lights. Like, with a gun

  2. very nice edit at the end. It seems much bluer than usual.. from the quote below you can clearly see the red/pink layer is much higher. It’s has been quite an active 12 months

    >Blue and purple are also colours which are seen less frequently and
    again, they tend to appear when solar activity is high. In this case,
    the colours are caused by particles colliding with our atmosphere at an
    altitude of 60 miles or less. At these heights, it is a reaction with
    Nitrogen that causes the Aurora to be tinged with purple or blue and
    most commonly, you will see these colours towards the lower parts of the
    display.

  3. Probably some transpolar arcs there, the high latitude bits within the auroral oval. If only we had another ISS at the other pole to see if they move in opposite directions.

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