A wispy aurora spikes across the Indian Ocean

GMT203_21_32_Nichole Ayers_Aurora Solar Arrays

iss073e0384743 (July 22, 2025) --- A wispy aurora spikes across the Indian Ocean with a set of the International Space Station's main solar arrays (augmented by its rollout solar arrays) draping the foreground. At right, is the unoccupied Rassvet module that hosts visiting spacecraft from Roscosmos. The orbital outpost was soaring 270 miles above Earth southwest of Australia at the time of this photograph.

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