Stunning video from space captures northern lights Published
Thursday, February 9, 2012 7:38PM EST Last Updated Saturday, May
19, 2012 7:24AM EDT Mesmerizing new video captured by astronauts
aboard the International Space Station reveals a stunning view
of the aurora borealis last month as a solar flare triggered an
especially vivid display in the night sky. Astronauts on the ISS
viewed the phenomenon from above, capturing two videos in late
January made from time-lapse photographs. One of the videos,
shot on Jan. 29, records a bird's eye perspective as the
orbiting ISS passes over the East Coast of North America, from
just southwest of Mexico to the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast
of Newfoundland. At first, the footage reveals southeastern U.S.
cities such as New Orleans, Mobile, Jacksonville and Atlanta --
their urban light pollution showing up as a golden glow
contrasted with the dark of the nighttime Earth outside of the
cities. As the ISS travels northeast, the horizon slowly becomes
illuminated by a gre