# @europeanspaceagency on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd6sqTaDFE9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71145240-europeanspaceagency-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/6f8dd41a20.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-30T15:51:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** J.L.Lopez (@xandler80) — https://gondola.cc/xandler80

## Caption

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

## Stats

- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 39,790
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 256

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ESA - European Space Agency | @europeanspaceagency | https://gondola.cc/europeanspaceagency | Government Organization |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Producer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Content Producer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Editor |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Video Editor |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Social Media Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Publisher |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Digital Creator |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Community Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Copywriter |

## Tags

space, europeanspaceagency

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