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Shooting Stars and Northern Lights Come Together in Gorgeous ISS View of Meteor Shower
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Shooting stars and Northern Lights come together in gorgeous ISS view of meteor shower [cnet.com]:
Us Earth-bound folks got to experience the annual Quadrantid meteor shower [cnet.com] this month as a show of bright lights shooting across the dark night sky. The astronauts on board the International Space Station saw these same meteors, but with a very different backdrop.
"Can you see shooting starts [sic] from space? Turns out, yes!" NASA astronaut Christina Koch tweeted [twitter.com] on Monday along with a composite image showing what the Quadrantids look like from space.
Koch's view is a multi-layered delight. It has the scenic meteor streaks, a glittering puddle of city lights and the ectoplasm-green glow of the Northern Lights aurora along the horizon.
The ISS crew witnesses and documents what's happening down below, both tragedies [cnet.com] and wonders. This meteor shower definitely counts as a wonder.
Geminid glam shots: Meteor magic from around the globe (pictures) 11 Photos [cnet.com]
