NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman photographed images of the Northern Lights last night from aboard the International Space Station orbiting 240 miles above the Earth.
Sharing the images on twitter, Wiseman described the ethereal beauty of the glowing green lights below, saying:
“Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine this.”
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine this. 10 minutes ago on the #ISS #aurora pic.twitter.com/PG25uTwm19
— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) August 19, 2014
Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/NOgRQgwFqY
— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) August 19, 2014
Wiseman is not the first to capture images of the Aurora Borealis from the ISS, with film-maker Randy Smith creating a time-lapse film of the light show from aboard the ISS in 2012:
