Aurora Australis

NASA/Nichole Ayers

The aurora australis arcs above a partly cloudy Indian Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above in between Australia and Antarctica on June 12, 2025.

Astronauts aboard the space station take photos using handheld digital cameras, usually through windows in the station's cupola, for Crew Earth Observations. Crew members have produced hundreds of thousands of images of the Moon and Earth's land, oceans, and atmosphere.

Image credit: NASA/Nichole Ayers

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