In his final days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don Pettit has shared a time-lapse video (below) showing the orbital outpost flying above cities at night before passing over a stunning aurora, shimmering in the darkness.
Changes in attitude, changes in latitude: @Space_Station We rotated 180 degrees and flew backwards for yesterday’s Soyuz docking. This is a bit long but keep watching for the surprise in the middle. pic.twitter.com/UDEp8zKDwE
“Changes in attitude, changes in latitude at the ISS,” Pettit wrote in the post. “We rotated 180 degrees and flew backwards for yesterday’s Soyuz docking. This is a bit long but keep watching for the surprise in the middle.”
The surprise is the incredible aurora, a striking display of green light caused by charged particles from the sun interacting with Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere. We’ve seen a lot of aurora footage captured from the ISS over the years, but the intensity of this one is among the more powerful displays.
The Soyuz spacecraft that Pettit speaks of arrived on Tuesday, carrying with it NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky. They’ll live and work aboard the space station for about eight months, returning to Earth in December.
Pettit’s mission started in September last year and is expected to end some time this month.
During his time in orbit, Pettit — who at 69 is NASA’s oldest serving astronaut — has dazzled earthlings with an endless stream of breathtaking images and videos.
A particularly striking capture shows the Betsiboka River estuary in Madagascar in a way that Pettit said reminded him of “the arteries in your retina,” while another shows the Milky Way and even Starlink satellites, among other features.
Showing off his creative skills, the American astronaut recently shared a photo featuring an “Earthly eyeball,” captured through the seven windows of the station’s Cupola module.
In an interview from the station last year, Pettit shared some insight into his space photography, explaining how he manages to capture some of his impressive shots, and why he gets such a kick out of it.
Full-frame cameras tend to be chunky beasts, but Sigma wants to prove that big imaging doesn't need a big body. Enter the Sigma FP2, the successor to its tiny, boxy fp mirrorless camera. It keeps the same modular design but packs in some serious upgrades, including a 24.5-megapixel partially stacked full-frame sensor, improved autofocus, 6K video recording, and 70GB of built-in storage. Sigma calls it the world's smallest full-frame camera, and while it might be tiny, the same cannot be said for its price tag.
Sigma FP2 brings faster shooting and 6K video
A phone thermal camera is one of those tools you don’t think you need until the first time it saves you from an expensive problem, and the Thermal Master P3 just got easier to try. For Halloween, it’s discounted with the code THERMCAM10, a 10% cut that works out to $107 off the total. It’s also fresh off a win at the 2026 Tom’s Guide AI Awards for best phone thermal camera, which is the kind of third-party nod that separates a serious tool from the cheap clip-on sensors that flood this category.
We are nearing Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days, which officially run October 6 and 7. But there is no need to wait until the sale begins to start looking. Early offers are already live, and camera gear is one category where I found enough worthwhile discounts to put together a proper creator-focused list.
I’ve deliberately gone wider than interchangeable-lens cameras here. There are pocket and action cameras, a 360 camera, an instant camera, two wireless microphone systems, and a pair of webcams covering very different budgets. Prices were checked on October 2, and as always with Amazon, they can move quickly.