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Earth Aurora and Crater from ISS

Earth Aurora from ISS

Above is an aurora as seen from The International Space Station. The large white circular feature seen at the top is the Manicouagan impact crater located in northern Canada.

NOTE: Some image alteration has been applied to remove a large amount of noise and discoloring largely from the area of black space below the Earth.

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6 Responses to “Earth Aurora and Crater from ISS”

  1. Anita Says:
    January 9th, 2008 at 11:29 am

    Wow, that’s pretty impressive. The most unfamiliar angle I’ve seen of Earth in a while…..

  2. Bill Says:
    January 10th, 2008 at 1:17 pm

    I’m assuming you saw this:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/dec/29/spaceexploration.northernlights

  3. thomas Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 1:15 am

    interesting that nobody ever even sent a camera up through one.

  4. Gordan Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 3:49 am

    Sending a camera through the aurora wouldn’t be very spectacular I imagine. Sort of like riding through the fog or a comet’s tail - impressive from a distance but that’s it. There’s not much local variation in the aurora to get a better view from up close.

  5. thomas Says:
    January 12th, 2008 at 10:38 pm

    probably not for a camera, but for human eyes… i’ll bet you would see something different. Often the camera cannot capture what the full field view of human eyes can or detect the changing nuances of vision.

  6. Adan Guttierez Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 12:28 am

    Want to see the coolest Outer Space pictures ? Galaxies Pictures , Constalation Pictures, and Deep Space Pictures.

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