NASA astronaut captures aurora space spectacle
By Reuters
27 July 2017 |
8:00 am
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer has shared stunning time-lapse images of the aurora borealis he captured from the International Space Station on June 26 and shared on Sunday.
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