ISS031-E-066041 (22 May 2012) --- This picture, recorded by one of the Expedition 31 crew members aboard the International Space Station, features Aurora Australis with star streaks while the vehicle was over the South Pacific Ocean. The picture was taken when the orbital outpost was above 47.8 degrees south latitude and 179.6 degrees west longitude, about 10 degrees east of southern New Zealand. Two Russian spacecraft are seen in the foreground docked to the station.
Photographer Don Pettit
Date May 22, 2012