The first thing that caught my eye when I saw this lovely image shot from the International Space Station was the green and yellow curtains of shimmering light — the aurora borealis over northern Canada.
Here’s What Meteors Streaking Toward Earth Look Like From Space
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured the action as a shower of bright fireball meteors rained down.
Composite image taken by astronaut Christina Koch aboard the International Space Station on January 4, 2020. (Source: NASA Earth Observatory)
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