Timelapse video made during ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet’s second mission to the International Space Station, “Alpha”. The camera is setup to take pictures at regular intervals, the pictures are then played quickly after each other at six times faster than normal speed. Thomas shared this video on social media with the caption:

“It seems aurora season is over on Station: we’ve been looking, but there’s nothing to see any more in our aurora sweet spot (southwest of Australia, midway to Antarctica). Don't worry, I still have a few to share. Don't you just the way the light skips across Earth in this one as the solar arrays comes into view.”

Over 200 experiments are planned during Thomas’ time in space, with 40 European ones and 12 new experiments led by the French space agency CNES.

Latest updates on the Alpha mission can be found via @esaspaceflight on Twitter, with more details on ESA’s exploration blog via thomaspesquet.esa.int.