Amazing pics and video show beauty of aurorae from space

Astronaut Reid Wiseman gives us a stunning view of the southern lights - from the best seat in the house.

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, currently hurtling over our heads aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is the latest in a distinguished line of ISS inhabitants to use the power of social media to regale the rest of us with the beauty of our planet, as seen from orbit.

The latest in his enchanting series of 'pics from space' is a special one - the shimmering lights of the aurora australis (the southern hemisphere equivalent of the aurora borealis) captured from out of the window of the ISS.