Video credit: Nasa
Nasa is launching a new mission in 2016 called ICON to study the colourful glow in the video above.
It's called airglow, and is caused by excited particles at different heights in the atmosphere.
In this timelapse, shot from the International Space Station, it can be seen clearly, with the Earth spinning below.
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