Aurora_Australis.ogv


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English: Video of the Aurora Australis taken by the crew of Expedition 28 on board the International Space Station . This sequence of shots was taken September 17, 2011 from 17:22:27 to 17:45:12 GMT, on an ascending pass from south of Madagascar to just north of Australia over the Indian Ocean .
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Source The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
Author Crew Earth Observations team at Johnson Space Center

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