Timelapse Video of San Francisco to Paris Flight Captures Aurora Borealis

Having never been on a flight longer than 5 hours, nor across the Atlantic or Pacific, I'm sure that If I was given a whole row to myself I would try to sleep to pass the time. But, sleeping wasn't what this passenger had in mind.

On a flight from San Francisco to Paris, he set up his digital camera and created an amazing time lapse video which caught the Aurora Borealis.

The flight took the Great Circle route above the polar regions, giving us a look at those spectacular northern lights.

At the end of this video, you'll see the rig with which he snapped the 2,459 shots -- one approximately every two miles. After the flight, they were edited together along with a few judiciously placed iPhone pics shot along the way.