NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured mesmerizing footage of a red and green aurora from the International Space Station (ISS) using a T/1.8 Arri Zeiss 15mm lens on a Nikon Z9 camera. This equipment was delivered to the ISS in the latest cargo shipment, and he managed to capture thousands of frames, with lots more to sift through.
Timelapse of the moon setting into streams of red and green aurora followed by a sunrise lighting up Soyuz with a light blue.
The aurora have been amazing the past few days. Great timing for trying out a new lens that recently arrived on Cygnus.
15mm, T1.8, 1/3s exposure,… pic.twitter.com/otFv5pZ6vd
— Matthew Dominick (@dominickmatthew) August 12, 2024
This timelapse shows the Moon setting into streams of red and green aurora followed by a sunrise illuminating the Soyuz in a light blue color. Why red and green? The green is essentially a characteristic of oxygen, while hints of purple, blue or pink are caused by nitrogen. As for the red color, this is mainly caused by a very high altitude oxygen interacting with solar particles.
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