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Behold an Aurora Over the Southern Skies

A vivid aurora streams over the Earth
​A vivid aurora streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbited 274 miles above the southern Indian Ocean.

A vivid aurora streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbits 274 miles above the southern Indian Ocean in between Australia and Antarctica.

The station orbits the Earth in about 90 minutes. In 24 hours, the space station makes 16 orbits of Earth, traveling through 16 sunrises and sunsets.

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Image Credit: NASA