Northern Lights: Incredible Nasa footage shows rising sun meeting Aurora Borealis over the US
The sun can be seen rising from the east before meeting the lights
Stunning footage released by Nasa reveals the glory of the Northern Lights meeting the sunrise over the north east coast of the US.
The video clip – which was taken from the International Space Station on Thursday – shows a haze of green, yellow and orange colours from the Northern Hemisphere polar light show.
Christmas Eve Northern Lights in Northumberland
Show all 6Nasa filmed the footage over Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts before the clip was sped up and posted online.
Northern Lights is the common name for Aurora Borealis, a light show of varying colours caused by collisions between electrically-charged particles from the sun that enter the Earth’s atmosphere.
The lights occur near the magnetic poles and are known as Aurora Australis in the Southern Hemisphere. They can be watched from the ground during clear nights.
Nasa, which stands for The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, posted the video with the caption “‘#sunrise touches #aurora. All we need now are angels singing’ #AstroButch”.
It is a reference to astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore who is one of the six crew members currently on board the ISS.
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