Weather Gang: Sunrise meets northern lights in sublime Space Station video

NASA released footage showing the northern lights meeting the sunrise over Earth from the International Space Station. (Facebook: NASA)

There are few things that put ourworld into perspective like the viewfrom the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Barry Butch Wilmore captured this humbling view ofEast Coast lightsas the sun was just beginning to creep above the horizon earlier this week. The faint, blue glow of the suns rays passing through our atmosphere can be seen on the right, mirrored by a beautiful, green aurora on the left.

Washington, D.C., Baltimore, New York City, and Boston can be seen whizzing by. Athin layer of mid-level clouds blurs city lights over parts of the Northeast.

Angela Fritz is an atmospheric scientist and The Post's deputy weather editor.

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Weather Gang: Sunrise meets northern lights in sublime Space Station video