NASA Astronaut Captures ‘Incredible’ Images of Northern Lights Over USA

A NASA astronaut has captured footage of the northern lights, also known as aurora borealis, over the United States.

Zena Cardman filmed the lights, which are caused by solar particles meeting the atmosphere of the Earth, on Nov. 17, while on the International Space Station, according to the BBC.

In the clip, green, purple and red lights can be seen over the country as Cardman, 38, traveled in space.

“I’ve still never seen aurora from below, but up here, it’s a frequent show. Last week’s was especially good,” she wrote on Instagram alongside the video. “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 sunrise.”

In the comment section, many people couldn’t help but gush about the incredible images.

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“I think this is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen 😍,” one person wrote.

A second added, “Epic🔥🙌.”

“Really incredible! Thank you!,” another added.

“MY DREAM IS GOING ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,” a fourth user wrote.

Cardman is currently working as a commander for Nasa’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, which departed from Earth on Aug. 1, the BBC shared, citing NASA.

The multiple lights from the aurora borealis was as a result of the suspected biggest solar storm in 20 years, per the BBC.

The outlet reported this was due to large amounts of energy erupting from the Sun into space, which causes disruptions to electronic devices and satellites.

Meanwhile, the BBC also reported a delay in the launch of the NASA Mars rocket in the U.S. as a result of the energy eruption.