You Have to Watch This Amazing Video of the Aurora Borealis From Space

Seeing the aurora borealis, or the northern lights, here on Earth is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Seeing it from space is even more epic.

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly posted a video from the International Space Station as he flew over an aurora borealis traveling at about 17,000 miles per hour. These spectacular lights may be the aftermath of a solar storm from earlier this month.

You’ll have to see it to believe it.

Kelly is in the midst of spending a year in space for NASA. If you aren’t already, you need to be following his adventure on Twitter.

Day 152. #Sunrise has a way of showing itself even at bedtime. Good night from @ISS! #YearInSpace #sun #orbitalsunrise #space #iss #spacestation #colors #goodnight

A photo posted by Scott Kelly (@stationcdrkelly) on Aug 26, 2015 at 4:18pm PDT

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This article was originally published by Yahoo! Travel under the headline You Have to Watch This Amazing Video of the Aurora Borealis From Space. It is reprinted here with permission.

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(Photo: Scott Kelly)