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Timelapse view from space showing bright green Southern Lights aurora swirling above Earth's clouds, with the spacecraft visible in the foreground.

Time-lapse: The Southern Lights

In June 2026, astronauts on SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft shared their view with those stuck back on Earth—the southern lights as seen from space.
Jessica Meir/NASA
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