A Room With a View: Check Out This Stunning Aurora From the ISS

There are some stunning views out there, like hotels that let you see the New York City skyline and resorts with gorgeous mountain or ocean views. But there are few places with a view as absurdly cool as the International Space Station. On Wednesday, astronaut Don Pettit -- who is also a noted photographer and inventor of the zero-G coffee cup -- took a gorgeous time-lapse video of the ISS as it flew over an aurora. The video, viewable on X, is about 50 seconds long. It shows the ISS orbiting around Earth. It's a cool shot all on its own, but around the 27-second mark, the aurora starts to show up from the left. A few short seconds later, and viewers are greeted with what looks like a snaking, flowing mist covering part of the Earth. Then the Earth is awash in green glows that look like something out of a movie or a video game. As quickly as it shows up, the aurora leaves the camera's view, and the POV is stretched back into space. Despite its misty appearance, the aurora borealis i ... Read full article.