WATCH: A glowing aurora dances beneath the International Space Station, dazzling astronauts

A brilliant view of the aurora australis

A brilliant view of the aurora australis

A brilliant view of the aurora australis

A brilliant view of the aurora australis

A brilliant dance under the stars.

The International Space Station has been capturing some stunning visuals of southern auroras while in orbit.

The southern aurora, known as aurora australis, was captured in a time-lapse video by ISS astronaut Jessica Meir. She described how the emerald lights "danced and snaked" along Earth's atmosphere. "I am in awe of this evocative phenomenon," Meir wrote in a post on X.

According to NASA, "Auroras are colorful, dynamic, and often visually delicate displays of an intricate dance of particles and magnetism between the Sun and Earth called space weather."

The word "aurora" is the Latin word for "dawn" and also comes from the name for the Roman goddess of the dawn.

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