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11th Feb 2015

Pic: NASA astronaut captures a stunning image of Ireland and the Northern lights from space

Wow

Conor Heneghan

Wow.

When Commander Chris Hadfield was above on the International Space Station, we were spoiled with the amount of brilliant pictures he used to provide of Ireland from above.

He does have a particular grá for us, after all.

Chris isn’t up in space anymore, but NASA astronaut Terry W. Virts is and earlier today he tweeted a stunning picture of Ireland, the UK and Scandinavia at night from above, with the Northern Lights hovering beautifully overhead.

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Don’t we look only gorgeous?

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