Don Pettit keeps providing us with stunning views of Earth from the International Space Station (ISS).
The NASA astronaut recently trained his camera on the northern lights, sharing a brief video of the ethereal phenomenon shimmering over urban lights on X (previously known as Twitter).
“Flying over aurora; vibrantly green,” Pettit stated in the post on Monday (Jan. 5) X post, which did not clarify which region of the Earth was depicted.
Pettit, who arrived at the ISS in September aboard a Russian Soyuz vessel, is renowned for his photography skills outside of Earth.
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In October, for instance, he took a long-exposure image that showcased urban lights in northern Mexico as vivid, dynamic streaks. That same month, he also captured a sphere of water resembling Jupiter, a colorful miniature world he crafted on the ISS using food coloring.
In November, Pettit recorded the path created by SpaceX’s enormous Starship megarocket within Earth’s atmosphere during its sixth test flight. And in December, he shared on X a surprisingly clear image of remote stars and galaxies, captured with the assistance of a homemade star tracker.
Then, on Jan. 1, he shared a stunning photograph of northern lights, a very festive representation featuring red and green auroras.
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The ongoing six-month ISS mission marks the fourth journey into space for the 69-year-old Pettit, who is the oldest active member of NASA’s astronaut team.
He has two other long-term stays on the ISS to his name, one in 2002-2003 and the other in 2011-2012, and also participated in a two-week mission to the orbiting laboratory in 2008.
