French astronaut Thomas Pesquet's pictures from space ara simply magical

New Delhi : Space is full of surprises, mostly magical for humans on planet Earth. A French astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured some of the magical moments from space and shared it on the social networking site Instagram. 

Pesquet recently shared this spectacular view of the dazzling northern lights, as seen from space. The shared picture has gone viral on the social media with over 30,000 likes and more than 15,000 likes on the Twitter. The image has also recieved over 6,500 retweets.

The colourful streaks of lights are a result of collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere. The lights are usually seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. They are known as Aurora Borealis in the north and Aurora Australis in the south.

Following are some more pictures shared by the astronaut: