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English: ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst took this image circling Earth on the International Space Station during his six-month Blue Dot mission.

Alexander commented: "An aurora lighting up the clouds beneath us." Read more about the Blue Dot mission athttp://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Blue_dot

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Date Taken on 1 September 2014, 15:34
Source http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/04/An_aurora_lighting_up_the_clouds
Author European Space Agency
Alexander Gerst  (1976–)  wikidata:Q71248 q:fa:السکاندر گرست
 
Alexander Gerst
Description German astronaut, geophysicist and volcanologist
Date of birth 3 May 1976 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Künzelsau
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An aurora lighting up the clouds
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Blue Dot
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