News Video: International Space Station captures amazing aurora australis By gillianfurmage July 27, 2017, 12:07 pm Updated: July 27, 2017, 12:09 pm © PA The Aurora Australis captured from the International Space Station. Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: Thank you for signing up to our Sunday Post newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up THE International Space Station captured this incredible footage of the aurora australis, the southern counterpart of the Northern Lights. The ISS was travelling at 17,500mph, 250 miles above the Earth’s surface. Astronaut Jack Fischer tweeted the video which he described as a “burrito of awesomeness smothered in awesome sauce”. Enjoy the convenience of having The Sunday Post delivered as a digital ePaper straight to your smartphone, tablet or computer. Subscribe for only £5.49 a month and enjoy all the benefits of the printed paper as a digital replica. Subscribe