File:S123 Aurora.jpg

Original file ‎(3,032 × 1,720 pixels, file size: 510 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

English

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

DescriptionS123 Aurora.jpg	While docked and onboard the International Space Station, a STS-123 Endeavour crewmember captured the glowing green beauty of the Aurora Borealis. Looking northward across the Gulf of Alaska, over a low pressure area (cloud vortex), the aurora brightens the night sky. This image was taken on March 21, 2008 at 09:08:46 (GMT) with a 28 mm lens from the nadir point of 47.9 degrees north latitude and 146.8 degreees west longitude.
Date	21 March 2008
Source	http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-123/html/s123e008018.html
Author	NASA

This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: STS123-E-008018.

This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

Other languages:

	This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
	Warnings: Use of NASA logos, insignia and emblems is restricted per U.S. law 14 CFR 1221. The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain. Materials based on Hubble Space Telescope data may be copyrighted if they are not explicitly produced by the STScI.[1] See also {{PD-Hubble}} and {{Cc-Hubble}}. The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2] Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) web site may be copyrighted. [3] The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) site has been known to host copyrighted content. Its photo gallery FAQ states that all of the images in the photo gallery are in the public domain "Unless otherwise noted."

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:40, 27 February 2014	3,032 × 1,720 (510 KB)	Scanmap (talk \| contribs)	cropped some mostly empty, black sky to achieve more balanced image and more human aspect ratio, lossless to remaining image
	13:23, 27 February 2014	3,032 × 2,008 (544 KB)	Scanmap (talk \| contribs)	recropped from original source, retaining original quality on remaining image
	09:35, 29 June 2008	3,032 × 2,006 (544 KB)	Finavon (talk \| contribs)	caption cropped
	21:20, 23 March 2008	3,032 × 2,064 (538 KB)	Alessio Rolleri (talk \| contribs)	{{Information \|Description=While docked and onboard the International Space Station, a STS-123 Endeavour crewmember captured the glowing green beauty of the Aurora Borealis. Looking northward across the Gulf of Alaska, over a low pressure area (cloud vort