Still photos shot by astronaut Don Pettit were made into a very cool video sequence of the what the aurora looks like from the International Space Station:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeAmKKrIVlc[/youtube]
Dr. Pettit is also blogging his experiences at the NYT (which I didn’t know until now!). Yes, this isn’t political, but it is fun to look at.