Auroras Dazzle Northern Observers

Aurora Over Canada

Mike Hopkins (via Twitter as @AstroIllini)

Astronaut Hopkins tweeted this photo of an aurora over Canada taken on the International Space Station on Feb. 1, 2014.

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