Astronauts Spy Southern Lights and Daybreak from Space

Astronauts Spy Southern Lights and Daybreak from Space
(Image credit: NASA)

An exquisite photo of Earth's horizon taken from the International Space Station reveals the glimmer of daybreak on one side, offset by dazzling auroras over the planet's South Pole region on the other. The remarkable view was captured by one of the astronauts living aboard the International Space Station on March 6, as the orbiting outpost flew over the Indian Ocean, roughly 1,200 miles (1,930 kilometers) south of Australia.

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