The Arctic and Antarctica shimmer from the universe

The blue halo shimmering above the surface of the two polar poles (also called Arctic and Antarctic) is recorded by astronauts from space.

A member of the ship STS-123 Endeavor stands on the ISS international space station north, across Alaska Bay and captures the blue Arctic glow above the earth.

An Expedition Six astronaut captures the image of the aurora dancing at midnight on the earth just after sunset on February 16, 2003.

This image of the North Pole was taken from ISS member Crew Expedition 13 from August 16, 2006.

Arctic rays and light in the sky Finland, Russia, Estonia and Latvia were taken from ISS on August 31, 2005.

Images of the earth from ISS taken by crew member Endeavor in December 2001.

The Southern Blue light strip was taken with 35mm film from Discovery on August 6, 2005.

Another photo captures the image of Antarctica as a soft silk strip above the earth.

This South Aurora photo was taken when the Endeavor spacecraft was south of Australia in June 2002.