{"id":252424,"date":"2025-07-17T01:55:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=40ef3b34d5fc20cb385a39852328c85b"},"modified":"2025-07-17T01:55:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:55:41","slug":"aurora-australis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=252424","title":{"rendered":"Aurora Australis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iss073e0247726orig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iss073e0247726orig.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The &quot;bottom&quot; of Earth curves upward in this picture, towering over the darkness of space. A green aurora curves and arcs over a cloudy, deep blue ocean.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iss073e0247726orig.jpg 8256w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iss073e0247726orig.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iss073e0247726orig.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iss073e0247726orig.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iss073e0247726orig.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iss073e0247726orig.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iss073e0247726orig.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iss073e0247726orig.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iss073e0247726orig.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iss073e0247726orig.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iss073e0247726orig.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Nichole Ayers<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The aurora australis arcs above a partly cloudy Indian Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above in between Australia and Antarctica on June 12, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Astronauts aboard the space station take photos using handheld digital cameras, usually through windows in the station\u2019s cupola, for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/station-science-101\/earth-observation\/\">Crew Earth Observations<\/a>. Crew members have produced hundreds of thousands of images of the Moon and Earth\u2019s land, oceans, and atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/Nichole Ayers<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aurora australis arcs above a partly cloudy Indian Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above in between Australia and Antarctica on June 12, 2025. Astronauts aboard the space station take photos using handheld digital cameras, usually through windows in the station\u2019s cupola, for Crew Earth Observations. 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