Swipe to see in motion something we haven’t seen in 18 years 🤯 Not the northern lights from the ground. The entire glowing ring of aurora wrapped around the North Pole. Captured in ultraviolet light by Smile, our mission with the @chinese_academy_of_sciences, these stunning new images reveal Earth’s aurora in a way not seen on Instagram before. Swipe to watch the ring brighten during a substorm, a burst of energy triggered when particles from the Sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field. Share with someone who needs to see this. 📸 @europeanspaceagency & CAS/Smile/UVI; @creativecommons BY-SA 3.0 IGO