{"id":354422,"date":"2026-01-24T05:19:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=14e4af7142b959a01a5b166c5919675d"},"modified":"2026-01-24T05:19:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:19:39","slug":"red-green-light-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=354422","title":{"rendered":"Red, Green Light Show"},"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\/2026\/01\/iss074e0150285orig.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iss074e0150285orig.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A green and red aurora streams across Earth\u2019s horizon above the city lights of Europe.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iss074e0150285orig.jpg 8256w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iss074e0150285orig.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iss074e0150285orig.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iss074e0150285orig.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iss074e0150285orig.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iss074e0150285orig.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iss074e0150285orig.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iss074e0150285orig.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iss074e0150285orig.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iss074e0150285orig.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iss074e0150285orig.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\/Chris Williams<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A green and red <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/sun\/auroras\/\" rel=\"noopener\">aurora<\/a> streams across Earth\u2019s horizon above the city lights of Europe in this Jan. 19, 2026, photograph, which looks north across Italy toward Germany. The International Space Station was orbiting 262 miles above the Mediterranean Sea at approximately 10:02 p.m. local time when the image was captured.<\/p>\n<p>Also known as the northern lights (<em>aurora borealis<\/em>) or southern lights (<em>aurora australis<\/em>), auroras are colorful, dynamic, and often visually delicate displays of an intricate dance of particles and magnetism between the Sun and Earth called space weather. When energetic particles from space collide with atoms and molecules in the atmosphere, they can cause the colorful glow that we call auroras.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/Chris Williams<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A green and red aurora streams across Earth\u2019s horizon above the city lights of Europe in this Jan. 19, 2026, photograph, which looks north across Italy toward Germany. The International Space Station was orbiting 262 miles above the Mediterranean Sea at approximately 10:02 p.m. local time when the image was captured. 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