There are a few Twitter handles that almost guarantee stunning imagery every time they post something. The International Space Station (ISS) is surely one of them, so it was no surprise that the internet was left amazed when they shared the latest series of pictures showing the Earth’s aurora viewed between the city lights and stars.
The picture was taken when the space station was orbiting at 51.6° above the equator, ISS said in its post.
The station’s orbit takes it as high 51.6° above the equator offering awe-inspiring views of the Earth’s aurora in between the city lights and the twinkling stars. https://t.co/gzNPCS8UMl pic.twitter.com/JEAwJI0LEX
— International Space Station (@Space_Station) January 23, 2021
“The station’s orbit takes it as high 51.6° above the equator offering awe-inspiring views of the Earth’s aurora in between the city lights and the twinkling stars,” ISS wrote on Twitter.
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Needless to say, people were left stunned, amazed and short of words, with many commenting on how beautiful our planet looked. Take a look at some of the best Twitter reactions:
thank you NASA, this is really extraordinary and made my day!! i was requesting this picture of Sweden for a long time!
— Mandy Laura Lane ☃️ (@mandylaneart) January 23, 2021
Incredible view! Ever since the @Space_Station was first constructed it made me look to the night sky more than ever before! We’re merely just a grain of sand floating in the vast desert of #Space.
— The Space Update (@thespaceupdate) January 24, 2021
WOW!Space travel is so amazing. I love staying up to date on all of it. I also think that the most dangerous thing mankind has done is leave the planet… besides inventing the Atomic bomb.
— Sarah Paris (@SarahPa16623244) January 24, 2021
Wooow ❤️ Love it…
— Andersen (@Anderse38289725) January 24, 2021
Beautiful! I think if i were aboard the ISS and could see the aurora & earth’s city lights & the stars – all of this beauty from above – my heart would simply bust just trying to contain it all.
— MARCI (@RadioFreeMarci) January 23, 2021