Watch: Southern Lights timelapse filmed from space

This occurrence of aurora australis, or Southern Lights, was captured by Nasa astronaut Jessica Meir.

Astronauts aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsule and the International Space Station have shared spectacular new views of Earth’s aurora, as a series of geomagnetic storms lights up the planet’s upper atmosphere this week. Their images show green and deep red curtains of light wrapped around the limb of Earth, a sight far more intense from orbit than from the ground.

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shared images of the Southern Lights from the ISS after a solar event. The ISS crew experienced a minor air leak, prompting a temporary shelter and evacuation prep. NASA ordered astronauts to enter the Crew Dragon spacecraft but later reversed the order.