NASA astronaut Josh Kassada, who is currently aboard the ISS, transmitted to Earth an impressive image of the northern lights, which he took from space.. According to Space. com, the picture was taken from a height of about 400 kilometers above the surface of our planet.

The publication notes that not only an astronaut could observe the northern lights. Recently, such events have become more frequent on Earth due to increased solar activity..

[see_also ids\u003d"

In this case, a " And huge clouds of solar plasma, which entered space with coronal mass ejections, crashed into the planet's magnetosphere on Sunday (February 26) and on Monday (February 27). This led to the appearance of spectacular auroras..

They could be seen far beyond the ultra-high latitudes in which they are usually observed..

Kassada arrived at the ISS in October as part of the Crew-5 mission. He will stay at the station for about a week: the Crew-5 team should return to Earth a few days after the arrival of Crew-6, which is scheduled to launch on March 2.

Earlier in the network there were reports that a piece broke off from the Sun. Scientists explain what really happened.