Astronaut shares incredible picture of a ‘single lightning strike’ from space
7 months, 1 week ago

Astronaut shares incredible picture of a ‘single lightning strike’ from space

Hindustan Times  

Matthew Dominick, aboard the International Space Station, often makes his followers gasp in wonder with the incredible pictures captured from space. What is intriguing is a “single lightning strike” captured in the photo. “Green lights from fishing boats in Southeast Asia, city lights, a sun about to rise, and a single lightning strike in the left part of the frame that looks like a nebula. I couldn't make out a single constellation though.” A fourth wrote, “Can you take a picture of the moon?” A US Navy Commander, Matthew Dominick joined NASA a few years ago.

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Never-seen-before video of aurora by NASA astronaut impresses most, but some claim it’s ‘intensely fake’
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Never-seen-before video of aurora by NASA astronaut impresses most, but some claim it’s ‘intensely fake’

Hindustan Times  

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station share pictures and videos captured from space that often mesmerises people on Earth. Shared by a NASA astronaut who is currently in space, it is a video of an aurora in a new light. Screengrab from the video of an aurora shared by a NASA astronaut aboard the ISS. While most people were stunned …

NASA astronaut shares spectacular image of lightning over India from space
7 months, 1 week ago

NASA astronaut shares spectacular image of lightning over India from space

India Today  

A National Aeronautic and Space Administration astronaut shared a spectacular photo of India from space, showing a rare and striking view of a single lightning bolt illuminating the night sky. 1/5s, 85mm, f1.4, ISO 6400 pic.twitter.com/OTSVLSBcQP — Matthew Dominick August 17, 2024 In response to comments, Dominick further elaborated on the details of the image. He pointed out that the …

See the Northern Lights from SPACE: NASA astronaut on board the ISS films a stunning video of the astronomical light display
7 months, 2 weeks ago

See the Northern Lights from SPACE: NASA astronaut on board the ISS films a stunning video of the astronomical light display

Daily Mail  

Witnessing the Northern Lights is something that features on many people's bucket-lists. Matthew Dominick, a NASA astronaut currently on board the International Space Station, tweeted his bird's-eye view of the Northern Lights. Now, one lucky astronaut has trumped seeing them from Earth, and instead has posted an incredible video of the aurora from space Mr Dominick launched to the ISS …

NASA astronaut captures stunning view of aurora borealis from ISS, see pic
2 years ago

NASA astronaut captures stunning view of aurora borealis from ISS, see pic

Hindustan Times  

The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, is an amazing display of brilliant lights in the sky that have long mesmerised people. Recently, an out of the world picture of aurora borealis was taken by Nasa astronaut Josh Cassada from International Space Station and this picture has won the Internet. Cassada tweeted this picture of the northern lights along with the …

Kiama astrophotographer captures rare space lightning, meteors and Aurora Australis in one night
7 years, 10 months ago

Kiama astrophotographer captures rare space lightning, meteors and Aurora Australis in one night

ABC  

A rare photographic trifecta including space lightning, streaking meteors, and the southern lights has been captured by Kiama astrophotographer David Finlay over the far south coast of New South Wales. "There are a variety of sprites associated with intense lightning storms and this particular one, I didn't know it was possible they occurred over the Australian mainland," Mr Finlay said. …

Studying thunderstorms from space
8 years ago

Studying thunderstorms from space

The Hindu  

WHEN a thunderstorm strikes, one sees a spectacle of bright white flashes accompanied by loud cracks. For an elevated view, scientists have traditionally launched expensive equipment into space or flown specialised aircraft to altitudes of 18,000 metres, almost twice the height that commercial planes fly at. A team of Danish scientists teamed up with the Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen and …

Lighting up the sky: The incredible shots of lightning taken from SPACE
11 years ago

Lighting up the sky: The incredible shots of lightning taken from SPACE

Daily Mail  

Lighting up the sky: The incredible shots of lightning on Earth taken from SPACE Pictures were taken from the International Space Station Across the atmosphere of Earth, lightning flashes about 50 times per second Researchers using instruments aboard the space station to try and find out more about lightning They are an incredible view of lightning as you've never seen …

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