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The Southern Lights, As Seen From The International Space Station

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Astronaut Ron Garan has shared some amazing photography from the International Space Station before. Now he’s snapped the southern lights from his privileged position on the ISS.

https://gizmodo.com/and-now-the-perseid-shower-from-the-international-spac-5830736

https://gizmodo.com/is-this-a-scene-from-star-wars-or-a-real-image-from-the-5814955

Click on the above image to enlarge, and here are some other great shots from his Google+ scrapbook. All courtesy of Ron Garan/NASA.

Another shot of last month’s Perseid meteor showers.

The border of India and Pakistan.

Orion in the distance, China and Korea illuminated on Earth.

[Via Boing Boing]

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