Overview
- He filmed the footage from the space station’s observation module during his 18-day orbital mission earlier this year.
- The pass sweeps from the sunlit southwest to the misty northeast, with city lights visible over Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and a faint gleam from New Delhi.
- Shukla highlights lightning over the Bay of Bengal and central India, describing the flashes as “purple flares” and “nature’s own pyrotechnics.”
- Farther north, bright plains cede to the dark silhouettes of the Himalayas before an orbital sunrise washes the upper atmosphere in soft blue.
- His caption calls it “Diwali of Earth,” and the video has gone viral on social media with widespread pickup by mainstream outlets.