Make a wish

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst took this image circling Earth on the International Space Station during his six-month Blue Dot mission.

Alexander commented: "Never would have thought I would fly right through an aurora. I made a wish, just in case it's an undiscovered rule"

Read more about the Blue Dot mission at http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Blue_dot

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