{"id":114255,"date":"2024-10-15T02:58:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T19:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114255"},"modified":"2024-10-15T02:58:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T19:58:48","slug":"iss-astronauts-nab-stunning-photo-of-aurora-borealis-from-within-the-phenomenon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114255","title":{"rendered":"ISS astronauts nab &#8216;stunning&#8217; photo of aurora borealis \u2014 from within the phenomenon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to space out with a view like that.<\/p>\n<p>NASA astronauts onboard the International Space Station Thursday got a show for the ages after a geomagnetic storm sent the vivid aurora borealis canvassing over much of the planet \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/10\/us-news\/city-dwellers-thrilled-by-vibrant-aurora-borealis-in-nyc\/\">including New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpectacular not only from Earth but from orbit as well,\u201d American spaceman Don Pettit <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/astro_Pettit\/status\/1844748089560596542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted to X<\/a>, saying that it caught both fellow astronaut Matthew Dominick and himself \u201coff guard.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>On Thursday evening, astronauts onboard the ISS took a spectacular image of auroras over Earth (above). <span class=\"credit\">Don Pettit<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The aurora was visible across New York City, including Queens. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pettit, who previously captured <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/26\/science\/comet-a3-on-81000-year-trip-to-earth-is-here-how-to-see-it\/\">early images of a once-in-a-lifetime comet<\/a> a few weeks ago, said the aurora was just \u201cso-so\u201d from their perspective initially.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were out of energy at the end of a long day and reluctant to once again set up our cameras up for yet another \u2018No Show,&#8217;\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>But right before bed, the duo made the \u201cmistake\u201d of taking one final peek out the window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStunning was the word. It looked like [the ISS] had been shrunk to some miniature dimension and inserted into a neon sign,\u201d the astronaut wrote, adding a dose of poetry to what they captured next.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were not flying above the aurora; we were flying in the aurora. And it was blood red.\u00a0Caught off guard, we hastily set up our cameras, four of them, all snapping shutters as fast as they could, creating a syncopated rhythm that accented Nature\u2019s artistic display presented before us.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>New York City saw the northern lights on Thursday (above), but astronauts on board the ISS caught even more stunning views of it. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In Westchester, the northern lights could be seen over the Tappan Zee Bridge on Thursday evening. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The spectacular views on Thursday \u2014 and then <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/11\/science\/new-york-could-see-northern-lights-again-tonight-heres-where-you-have-the-best-chance\/\">again on Friday night for some way up north<\/a> \u2014 was brought on by a solar flare on the sun. <\/p>\n<p>The radioactive burst on Tuesday<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/10\/science\/severe-geomagnetic-storm-to-hit-today-heres-what-could-happen\/\"> caused a \u201csevere\u201d coronal mass ejection<\/a>, which sent electric waves hurdling toward Earth. <\/p>\n<p>Astronauts on board the ISS <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/web-stories\/astronaut-satellites-capture-beauty-of-aurora-borealis-from-space\/\">captured a similar mesmerizing view<\/a> of the northern lights in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/14\/science\/nasa-astronauts-onboard-the-international-space-station-thursday-got-a-show-for-the-ages-after-a-geomagnetic-storm-sent-the-vivid-aurora-borealis-canvassing-over-much-of-the-planet-including-new-york\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s easy to space out with a view like that. 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