'Waves' of Earth Aurora | International Space Station

'Waves' of Earth Aurora | International Space Station

Expedition 73 flight engineer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui: "Recently, the aurora has been beautiful, so I tried filming a time-lapse video in between my workouts. Please enjoy the footage of the aurora surging in like waves, and then feeling like you're sailing through a sea of aurora. While drawing power from the Earth, let's keep pushing forward together this October, too!"

Auroras happen when charged particles from the Sun interact with Earth's magnetic field, creating dazzling light shows in the sky. Auroras occurs in an upper layer of Earth’s atmosphere called the ionosphere.

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Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey Ryzhikov (Roscosmos)

JAXA Flight Engineer (Japan): Kimiya Yui

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Zubritskiy, Oleg Platonov

NASA Flight Engineers: Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Image Credit: Kimiya Yui/JAXA

Duration: 36 seconds
Release Date: Sept. 30, 2025

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