Timelapse Videos of Aurora Australis From the International Space Station

Posted on September 22, 2011

These amazing videos of the Aurora Australis was created from sequences of still shots taken by astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS).

The first video was created from a sequence of images taken on September 17, 2011 from 17:22:27 to 17:45:12 GMT, on an ascending pass from south of Madagascar to just north of Australia over the Indian Ocean. The second video was created from a sequence of still shots acquired on September 11, 2011, as the ISS orbit pass descended over eastern Australia. Take a look:


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