Why This Might Be One of the Best Views of the Moon You’ll Ever Get to Witness

You have probably seen one of these before, gorgeous auroras that appear in our planet’s atmosphere. Still, I bet you’ve never seen one like this.

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00:00you've probably seen one of these before gorgeous auroras that appear in our planet's atmosphere but

00:08i bet you've never seen one like this this video was recently captured by matthew dominic a flight

00:14engineer on the international space station and this is a time-lapse of an aurora from space

00:19showing the moment the moon sets behind earth moments later the station lights up and the aurora

00:24all but disappears as the sun rises on the other side of the planet auroras are caused when solar

00:30flares and coronal mass ejections send particles hurling in our direction through space those

00:34particles then slam into our planet's magnetosphere and interact with our atmospheres oxygen and

00:40nitrogen that collision and subsequent interaction forces them to shed excess energy causing their

00:45atoms to glow in beautiful reds greens and purples and despite auroras being known to put on the best

00:50show in places like iceland this video proves that no one has a better view than those aboard the iss