Astronaut Scott Kelly records attractive Northern Lights from space

There are two types of Aurora – Aurora Borealis, which means “dawn of the north”, and Aurora Australis, ‘dawn of the south.’ Aurora are caused by the interaction of solar with and gas molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere.

I have a problem with this video of the Northern Lights captured by astronaut Scott Kelly aboard the global Space Station.

Astronaut Scott Kelly amazingly witnessed and captured Northern lights, while he was on board the worldwide Space Station, shared on Twitter. He accompanied his Twitter pics with a message indicating his 141 day in space. “The sun is very active today, apparently”.

Kelly has gone pass through his first year at the ISS.

Kelly along with cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka set off on their mission earlier this year. Meanwhile, Kelly’s twin brother, former Astronaut Mark Kelly, is being monitored on Earth so NASA scientists will be able to compare and contrast how one twin’s body changes on Earth versus what happens while in space.

One of the perks of living aboard the global Space Station in our planet’s orbit is getting to observe phenomena and events like auroras and sunrises or sunsets from a whole other perspective than regular, Earth-bound folks. The video sent filmed from the ISS was cut as soon as the Northern Lights were just meeting a spectacular sunlight.

Either way, it is fascinating that Kelly and his colleagues are delighting us with their astonishing views and we sure do hope that we are going to see more from their exciting adventures. The video shows Aurora like an eerie river appearing over the Earth’s horizon as the sun peeps into view, the Telegraph reported.