Watch: The Northern Lights seen from space

A timelapse captured from the International Space Station shows the Moon setting into streams of aurora.

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The astronaut Matthew Dominick, based in the International Space Station (ISS), recorded a timelapse video showing the Moon setting and the sun rise amid "streams of red and green aurora".

The Northern Lights - or aurora borealis - are a stunning display of glowing, swirling lights in the night sky that have amazed humankind for thousands of years.

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