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NASA Astronaut Captures Stunning Vine Videos Of City Lights And Lightning Strikes From Space

Astronaut Captures Stunning Videos Of City Lights And Lightning Strikes
Dominique Mosbergen
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Senior Reporter, HuffPost

NASA astronaut Terry Virts has been wowing the web with breathtaking Vine videos captured from the International Space Station.

NASA's Facebook page for the ISS shared one of Virts’ stunning Vine clips on Sunday. The video shows the glittery lights of India from space. It has since gone viral.

India night flight along the east coast. #SpaceVine from Astronaut Terry Virts

Posted by International Space Station on Saturday, May 9, 2015

Over the weekend, Virts also shared this incredible Vine of a lightning storm over India. “A majestic performance that inspires awe and respect,” the astronaut wrote.

He recently also posted a Vine showing Typhoon Noul as it approached the Philippines:

And another featuring Ana, 2015’s first Atlantic tropical storm:

Virts was launched into space on a Russian Soyuz rocket in November 2014. He is scheduled to return to Earth from the ISS in a month.

Visit his Vine page here.

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Terry Virts, referring to a picture of his colleague Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore "Can you spot the space walker in this picture? He's very small compared to the enormous starboard truss of the ISS."
Terry Virts
Out on the P3 truss. #AstroButch handing me his cable to install on the new antenna. #spacewalk
NASA/Terry Virts
Laying 100' of cable in each of these bags, #AstroButch and I installed them from the lab to new antennas.
NASA/Terry Virts
Mission Accomplished - 3 #spacewalks, 800' of cable, 4 antennas, 3 laser reflectors, 1 greased robotic arm.
NASA/Terry Virts
And for the second half of our #spacewalk today- me greasing the robotic arm.
NASA/Terry Virts
NASA/Terry Virts
Spacewalking!
NASA/Terry Virts
Working at sunrise- laying more cables! #spacewalk
My very first “steps” outside, going down through the airlock hatch. #USEVA29 #spacewalk
NASA/Terry Virts
#AstroButch in the vacuum of space today. #spacewalk
On my way inside at the end of a long and successful #spacewalk- thanks #AstroButch for a great pic!
My #spacewalk lead #AstroButch, with me upside down in his visor.
My first ever spacewalk today- AWESOME!!!
NASA/Terry Virts
Our official “100 Days” patch. 2.5 months to go. Time is flying WAY TOO FAST!
NASA/Terry Virts
The smile before my first #spacewalk barely fit in the camera frame. #USEVA29
NASA/Terry Virts
Extensive #Africa desert of #Libya and #Chad.
NASA/Terry Virts
#EarthArt northeast #Libya.
The camera doesn't do it justice - floating in space, looking down on creation, seeing new color shades. #spacewalk
NASA/Terry Virts
#EarthArt Simien National Park #Ethiopia
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#EarthArt #RedSea
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