For most people, the Southern Lights are a rare spectacle glimpsed from remote corners of the Southern Hemisphere.
For astronauts orbiting hundreds of kilometres above Earth, however, the phenomenon appears from an entirely different perspective.
A recent image and time-lapse captured by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir have offered the world a remarkable view of the Aurora Australis as luminous green ribbons flowed across Earth's atmosphere below a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
The footage reveals the scale, movement and beauty of one of nature's most powerful light displays, transforming a familiar astronomical event into something almost otherworldly.
Beyond its visual appeal, the scene provides a vivid reminder of the dynamic relationship between the Sun and Earth, where streams of charged particles interact with our planet's magnetic shield to create spectacular displays visible from both the ground and orbit.NASA astronaut reveals extraordinary view of the southern lights swirling above Earth from spaceThe Southern Lights, known scientifically as the Aurora Australis, occur when charged particles released by the Sun collide with gases in Earth's upper atmosphere.
