Southern Sky ShowFrom their vantage point high above Earth, astronauts on the International Space Station were able to capture daybreak (left) and nighttime auroras in a single frame.The newly released picture, snapped on March 6 over the Indian Ocean, also shows a Russian Soyuz spacecraft (center) and a Progress resupply ship docked at the station.
Photograph courtesy NASA

Space Pictures This Week: Aurora Bubble, Martian Veins, More

Northern lights shine over Sweden, minerals crisscross Mars, a robotic astronaut gets tested, and more in the week's best space pictures.

March 24, 2012