Aurora Borealis. Photo: Zena Cardman / X
The aurora borealis that lit up the sky in the polar region of the Earth was captured in a video published by NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, from aboard the International Space Station, the BBC reports.
“I've never seen the aurora borealis from below, but from up here it's a common sight,” Zena Cardman wrote in a Nov. 17 post on X that featured the images.
Cardman is the commander of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission, which left Earth on Aug. 1, according to NASA.
I've still never seen the aurora from below, but up here, it's a frequent show. Last week's was especially good. See if you can spot Houston, Florida, and the northern lights all in one frame, before we head out across the Gulf and some great lightning storms over South America at… pic.twitter.com/THqX83wNXL
— Zena Cardman (@zenanaut) November 17, 2025
The aurora borealis, or northern lights, is a spectacular optical phenomenon of colored lights in the night sky, visible in the polar regions. They form when charged particles from the solar wind interact with Earth's magnetic field and gases in the atmosphere. Its lights can range from green, the most common color, to pink.
