NASA Astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this incredible image of a green aurora illuminating the Soyuz spacecraft from the International Space Station (ISS). The latter is illuminated in a light blue from a sun behind the camera and in front of the space station that is just about to rise.
This photograph was captured with either a Nikon Z9 and a Nikon D5 cameras using 1/4s, f/1.4, 50mm, ISO 6400 settings. Auroras are basically caused by solar activity that triggers magnetic storms. These storms then blast charged particles from the sun into space, called the solar wind, which eventually reaches Earth’s magnetic field.
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A quick behind the scenes look at how we setup portraits of ourselves peering out of a Dragon window into the stars from Starliner's cockpit window. pic.twitter.com/3Kek11PTFv
— Matthew Dominick (@dominickmatthew) July 23, 2024
Recent solar activity pushed the aurora closer to us. The Soyuz hangs from the station in a stream of aurora,” said Dominick.
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