"Only you can bring the color in"Name: MindyAge: 22 years oldLocation: MarylandHeight: 5'6Started October 25, 2010HW:235 GW:150 UGW:140CW:
The rain falling through the sunset looked almost exactly like Aurora Borealis. One of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen.
André Kuipers, one of the astronauts currently aboard the ISS, recently installed NightPod. The device compensates for the ISS’ movement by tracking single points on Earth automatically allowing for truly magnificent images of the blue marble during the night.
Read more about NightPod and André Kuiper’s work on the esa PromISSe website.
Photos from André Kuipers (I, III) / europeanspaceagency (II, IV, V).
Northern Canada
National Geographic: New Aurora Pictures: “Severe” Sun Storm Brightens Skies
Photograph courtesy Robert Berdan
As the geomagnetic storm began late on August 5, a kaleidoscope of colors bathed the skies north of Calgary, Canada.
“This past weekend’s display was caused by a double coronal mass ejection, an ejection of solar wind from the surface of the sun,” astronomer Raminder Singh Samra said.
Breathtaking.
