This picture was taken with a camera worth $150 (By NASA)

On May 29, looking southward from a vantage point about 350 kilometers above the southern Indian Ocean, astronauts onboard the International Space Station watched this enormous, green ribbon shimmering below. Known as aurora-australis or southern lights, the shifting, luminous bands are commonly seen at high northern latitudes as well, there known as the aurora borealis or northern lights.


What's more impressive was that the shot was taken using a cheapo 7 Mega Pixel camera used by one of the crew.