Astronauts capture aurora australis south of Australia

This video of the Aurora Australis was created from a sequence of still shots taken by astronauts on board the International Space Station. The images were acquired on September 11, 2011 as the ISS orbit pass descended over eastern Australia, reached the “bottom” of the orbit, then changed direction to an ascending pass just east of New Zealand during the night hours — in essence describing a wide “U” over the region.