NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shares a timelapse video of the aurora australis, also known as the Southern Lights, filmed from the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The footage shows coloured lights appearing to move across Earth’s atmosphere above Antarctica and is shared via social media and media outlets that repost the clip. BBC News reports the timelapse is captured from space and identifies Meir as the source. Hindustan Times and The Independent similarly describe the images as “stunning” and attribute the video to Meir. Euronews states the display is linked to recent solar activity, which drives charged particles toward Earth’s magnetic field. The Guardian adds that the aurora appears near the poles because Earth’s magnetic field channels these particles, which then collide with atmospheric gases and create shimmering curtains of light. Across the reports, the key details are consistent: the video is a space-based recording, filmed by Meir during her SpaceX Crew-12 mission, and it depicts a Southern Lights event above the Antarctic region.
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shares timelapse of aurora australis from SpaceX Dragon
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shares a timelapse video of the aurora australis, also known as the Southern Lights, filmed from the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The footage shows coloured lights appearing t...
- NASA astronaut Jessica Meir films and shares a timelapse of the aurora australis from space.
- The timelapse is recorded from a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
- The video shows the Southern Lights over Earth’s southern polar region near Antarctica.
- Multiple outlets attribute the event to charged particles guided by Earth’s magnetic field.
- Euronews reports the aurora is associated with recent solar activity.
A breathtaking Southern Lights display captured on camera has surfaced on social media. The timelapse was filmed by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir.
2 months agoNasa astronaut Jessica Meir, part of the SpaceX Crew-12 mission, released a timelapse showing the southern lights as seen from the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. They appear near the poles because Earth's magnetic field channels charged particles from the sun toward those regions, where they collide with the atmosphere and create shimmering curtains of colour. 'As opposed to the previous aurora I’ve seen, this one danced and snaked its way directly below us, putting on quite a show. I am in awe of this ethereal and emotionally evocative phenomenon,' Meir wrote on social media Continue reading...
2 months agoA stunning timelapse of the Southern Lights as seen from the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft has been shared by Nasa astronaut Jessica Meir,
2 months agoNASA astronaut Jessica Meir shared a stunning timelapse of the Southern Lights filmed from a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The aurora, triggered by recent solar activity, appears to dance across the atmosphere above Antarctica.
2 months agoThis occurrence of aurora australis, or Southern Lights, was captured by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir.
2 months agoThis occurrence of aurora australis, or Southern Lights, was captured by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir.
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