WaveLasso, score: 16, date: 23/08/2015 11:16:40 PM Amazing are they common? I'd love to see one I thought you usually had to be further south to see them.
psyduckyourself, score: 5, date: 24/08/2015 12:21:52 AM I would also like to know if there is anywhere i can see this. I live in melbourne and if i can see it from here what dates would it be visible?
Totallynotatheif, score: 11, date: 24/08/2015 1:11:50 AM Like most meteorology it's a [bit of a rough estimate.](http://www.aurora-service.net/aurora-forecast/) Aug-Sept you can see it in Tasmania sometimes but it usually sits just a little further south. Generally it's early morning (2-5am) The good news is Tasmania and Victoria are the most common areas. Sometimes it makes it's [way up to sydney.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGrYyiInlM). More specifically, down near torquay, wongarra way is best, the further out you drive the less light pollution from geelong. Or if you're the other side, down near wonthaggi away from frankston.
psyduckyourself, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 6:20:14 AM Thankyou! I am actually not far from one of the places mentioned this could be a good idea for a camp out
SepDot, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 7:53:27 AM You can see them as far North as Hamilton sometimes. But generally you have to be at least in Wellington.
WaveLasso, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 8:05:27 AM Really I didn't know you could see them in wellington. I lived there for two years and never saw them. Now im in Auckland no chance of seeing them up here.
SepDot, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 8:16:34 AM Yep! You have to go to Red Rocks or even Makara to see anything, and even then it's going to be weak - Which is why you will only really see them through a camera.
WaveLasso, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 8:42:13 AM I lived just down the road from Red Rocks! But I never went there at night or anything so I probably never would have seen them.
saskatch-a-toon, score: 77, date: 23/08/2015 11:47:56 PM I had no idea this existed. Pretty neat to have a yellow/red "southern lights"
Totallynotatheif, score: 25, date: 24/08/2015 1:09:30 AM They're normally green as well. It's quite rare to see red/yellow/pink here.
Wheeler_Dealer, score: 16, date: 24/08/2015 4:07:00 AM It's means the incoming particle precipitation is especially energetic. The green comes from energetic particles bouncing off nitrogen, and the red comes from bouncing off atomic oxygen. I'm not sure of the source of the yellow light, though.
Fatesurge, score: 15, date: 24/08/2015 6:31:20 AM Red light + Green light overlapping = Yellow appearance
Wheeler_Dealer, score: 6, date: 24/08/2015 9:53:58 AM Duh, I should have figured that one out. Thanks.
Fatesurge, score: 3, date: 24/08/2015 1:04:02 PM Could also be due to atmospheric sodium which reflects yellow directly
mamba_79, score: 9, date: 24/08/2015 5:32:36 AM I've never seen green in Canterbury - always been red/pinks, so I was quite excited to see it - it gets very green in Antarctica, though.
AncestralStatue, score: 3, date: 24/08/2015 9:24:23 AM That's because we are surprisingly close to the equator. The antipole for Christchurch is a city in the Northwest of Spain.
mrcassette, score: 3, date: 24/08/2015 12:29:42 AM Really great photo, thanks for sharing... makes me realise how much light pollution there is where I live...
Backpack_Stargazer, score: 25, date: 24/08/2015 12:43:13 AM Neat! Is there a bag limit on Aurora's? Any specific calls I need to bring or special camo?
cathartic_caper, score: 15, date: 24/08/2015 3:55:55 AM 1 Aurora per person per season, don't get greedy, leave some for future generations!
ivanllz, score: 7, date: 24/08/2015 5:50:01 AM And be sure to eat the one you bag. Let's not be wasteful, there are people starving for auroras in the US.
LetterSwapper, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 7:27:23 AM The problem with aurora hunting isn't the bag limit or learning calls, it's how to stuff and mount the damn things.
nugggggget, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 12:45:30 AM This is incredible. Curious, as I'm headed to Tasmania in about a month and am hoping to get lucky and catch a glimpse of the Aurora: what did it look like to the naked eye?
phreakytiki, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 2:02:25 AM It would be very faint with very little colour, would almost look like a light wispy cloud. The colours and shapes you see here can only be seen from a camera with a longish exposure if around 30 seconds.
mamba_79, score: 3, date: 24/08/2015 5:34:39 AM Agree it's not much to look at with the naked eye, but this shot was a 15 sec exposure, not 30 secs - that long and you would have lost the beam structure.
askbee, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 12:51:41 AM Awesome, something everyone should see at-least once in a life time. I heard its very magical experience from a friend who lived in Iceland for a few years. Words cannot describe such a wonderful experience.
yayayayaaas, score: 12, date: 24/08/2015 1:58:50 AM How does this look to the naked eye? I'm assuming it takes some pretty special camera stuff for the photo come out looking this good?
juliancolton, score: 8, date: 24/08/2015 3:11:16 AM Canterbury is at about 43S, and I'm at ~42N: in my experience, the ambient green and purple hues are invisible to the naked eye, while the most pronounced pillars and curtains appear as oscillating, diffuse, bluish-white bands of light (but only if your eyes are well-adjusted to the dark). Depending on the intensity of the geomagnetic storming, the green oval near the horizon may appear pretty much as it does in photos. This all changes in much stronger aurora events or at much higher latitudes, of course.
mamba_79, score: 3, date: 24/08/2015 5:33:05 AM Like a faint hue in the sky - not much, unfortunately - go further south and you'll be able to see it with the naked eye
jpr64, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 5:16:57 PM On rare occasions you get them visible to the naked eye. I remember witnessing one from Timaru around 15 years ago.
hometownkc, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 7:05:04 AM You need a dslr that you can set to a long exposure time, and a tripod. I went on a light chasing tour out of Tromso, Norway and got some neat pics with my Canon T3i. Wish I had taken a class and practiced night shots before I went. I got some amazing pics, but because of my lack of knowledge a bunch were blurry when the camera was out of focus.
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phreakytiki, score: 6, date: 24/08/2015 2:00:43 AM I don't if its the case here but normally the Aurora seen in less typical areas are very faint. If you were to see this in real life, you would only see faint wisps and not nearly as colorful. Just keep your expectations in check if you plan to go see this with your eyes instead of photographing it. Source: I've shot the Aurora Borealis from southern Ontario Canada.
stevenmcountryman, score: -2, date: 24/08/2015 3:12:56 AM Not to be *that guy* but the Aurora phenomena aren't in space. They're in our own atmosphere so this should be in Earth Porn.
exscape, score: 4, date: 24/08/2015 3:46:24 AM But they're caused by particles streaming from the Sun, from solar flares (space weather), so it's not exactly unrelated to space.
LarsP, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 6:41:25 AM That depends on how you define our atmosphere (I guess *I'm* that guy). Auroras are at 90-150 km. That area has about a millionth of sea level air pressure.
FeuerCL, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 3:34:09 AM Quite interesting. I am curious if this happens in the same latitude but in different places. I live in Chile but I have not ever heard of southern lights down here.
jazavchar, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 4:04:53 AM Wait, are you telling me that I can experience the beautiful Aurora without having to freeze my balls off?
mamba_79, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 5:34:56 AM No. It was -2 last night - that's cold for us...
LarsP, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 6:34:21 AM Probably not. It's only visible near the poles on cloudless winter nights. Those are the coldest nights.
Otalgia, score: -7, date: 24/08/2015 4:32:06 AM Why did you turn the picture upside down? Is that what New Zealanders do?
wadss, score: 5, date: 24/08/2015 4:39:32 AM good ol southern hemisphere sky, the unfamilier stars makes it seem like i'm on another planet
mamba_79, score: 13, date: 24/08/2015 5:39:42 AM Just for you, [here's a wider angle shot of the same aurora](http://i.imgur.com/oCeLF8t.jpg) - I wasn't happy with the noise from the 14mm lens so didn't post this version, but it shows more of the MW and other stars :)
[deleted], score: 0, date: 24/08/2015 4:40:28 AM I remember the Spider posts of your country , else it would be +1 soon!
glacierburrito, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 5:02:55 AM How common a sight is the Aurora Australis in this area? I'm moving to Dunedin, NZ from the USA shortly and am very curious.
mamba_79, score: 3, date: 24/08/2015 5:38:11 AM How shortly? It's kicking off tonight again. Not very common but big aurora, like last night's, are visible to the naked eye in Dunedin. Enjoy your time down there :)
TeHokioi, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 5:45:34 AM It's supposed to be on tonight as well? Oh phew. I wanted to go out last night (since it was finally clear when there's chance of an Aurora) but Dad couldn't be bothered and said there wouldn't be anything because the moon was too big. I've just sent him your photo
mamba_79, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 5:48:34 AM Moon was behind us at 8pm so washed out a lot of the MW but facing south it gave us some nice colour and light on the foreground - moons are predictable, aurora are not - always go when there's an aurora out :)
TeHokioi, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 5:53:47 AM Don't need to tell me twice, hopefully your photo gives him the kick he needs to go out tonight. What sort of settings are you using, again? Sorry to keep asking it, but want to get it right. I know 15 second exposure, I'm guessing high ISO and low F-stop?
mamba_79, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 6:12:30 AM Nah, no worries! Here's the geek data: Shot with a Sony A7ii with a Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA Lens. This photo was a single exposure shot at 35mm, 15sec, f/2.8, ISO2000
MrYum, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 8:15:07 AM What do you think about the FE 35mm 2.8? I'm looking for a landscape/astro lens for my A7R. Have only been playing with my NEX lenses and some 2nd hand old ones off Trademe.
mamba_79, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 9:27:01 AM Its a handy walk around lens but not necessary specialised enough for anything - so, I wouldn't jump on it for landscapes in general; I wouldn't use it for portraits etc however, it's handy when you travel as its good and light
glacierburrito, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 5:51:24 AM Thanks for the info! I won't be down there until mid September, but I'll be there for at least two years. So hopefully I'll see it.
DiversityOfThoughts, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 12:39:59 PM Coming over for a Master's I'm guessing? I moved to Dunedin from the UK, you'll love it here!
DrewFace23, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 10:38:42 AM I'm on holidays in Nelson for one more night, if the conditions are clear, would it be possible to see the aurora from this location? Thanks in advance :)
mamba_79, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 10:46:01 AM Only if there was a big astro storm - tonight is looking like a KP5 which could be seen with a camera in a very dark area but you need KP9 or more to be visible with the naked eye, which hasn't ever happened (I don't think) Keep an eye on this site for the forecast: http://www.aurora-service.net/aurora-forecast/
DrewFace23, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 10:53:55 AM Thanks for replying :) I own a dslr and tripod so hopefully the cloud cover will clear away and I'll get lucky.
Jam71, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 12:51:00 PM I love your photos. So if I was to take the kids out to lake ellesmere tonight, there is a chance the aurora could be visible?
mamba_79, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 12:58:18 PM With the naked eye, unlikely - however, if the skies are clear there's a good chance you'd be able to capture something on a dslr with a long exposure - you really need to be further south to see it with the naked eye, unfortunately :)
SearchNerd, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 5:04:02 AM Amazing shot. I thought for a second that you got a few Kiwi birds feeding. Then I noticed they were bushes. I missed these while in NZ this year. Was close to two dazzling storms. I wanted to see them as I had just shot the Northern lights in Iceland two months before!
jimrbob, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 5:20:47 AM This is amazing. All my life i have wanted to see the Southern (or Northern) lights. One day!
gtlogic, score: 3, date: 24/08/2015 5:24:45 AM I love pictures of auroras, but when I saw the borealis (northern version) in [realtime](https://vimeo.com/109389599) it really gives you a new perspective on how awesome this stuff is.
izakk133, score: 6, date: 24/08/2015 5:44:41 AM Do you weep uncontrollably after taking a successful photo like this? Cause holy shit I would. It's absolutely beautiful. And yay for Canterbury, my homeland :D
mamba_79, score: 10, date: 24/08/2015 5:49:54 AM I did a little happy dance after I took my first shot, then realised I was standing on a wooden plank bridge and every step I made bounced my tripod - So I just giggled for about an hour...
Heroinunicorn, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 6:37:17 AM I had the Aurora Borealis above my home at 4 in the morning. It was fucking beautiful. Cheers from the great white North.
lord_newt, score: 5, date: 24/08/2015 7:14:07 AM The Aurora Australis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
squat_bench_press, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 6:51:12 PM Can I see it?
_zenith, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 8:03:49 AM It's neat to know that this beautiful phenomenon, if it didn't happen, would rapidly result in our planet being sterilized. Trillions of high energy particles impacting gas in our atmosphere and annihilating, raising energy levels in the electron shells of those atoms and then emitting the energy difference between the stable and unstable configurations as photons - as light. Destructive and beautiful. This is the poetry of science.
Rogue01aus, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 8:50:03 AM Is on the bucket list! How long were you hunting? Any advice to other Aurora hunters?
FusilliJerri, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 9:59:02 AM Coming from Iceland this is surely on my bucketlist to see the southern lights. Even if they look the same. Cannot wait to check them out during the winter!............the northern that is.
LeFroyo, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 10:16:24 AM How often do auroras show up in NZ? Also, thanks for my new wallpaper!
motruth, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 10:25:13 AM Wow there's a world 🌍 out there. That is so beautiful. I wish I had the opportunity to witness that.
IVDotaGoDVI, score: 0, date: 24/08/2015 11:01:07 AM Possibly the most beautiful thing I've yet to see. Blows away naked chicks all day.
roddouche, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 11:50:06 AM only half sarcastic, but what would an "unsuccessful" aurora australis be like?
mamba_79, score: 2, date: 24/08/2015 12:18:24 PM Going out and seeing nothing, despite all the indicators firing - yeah, as great as it is to see one there's a lot of petrol wasted chasing the aurora that disappear before you arrive - you just have to shoot the stupid MW and beautiful landscape, then...pfft...
observan90, score: 0, date: 24/08/2015 1:10:26 PM Why did you turn the picture upside down? Is that what New Zealanders do?
Oviraptor, score: 0, date: 24/08/2015 1:28:26 PM Sorry this is really bugging me. What's the celestial body on the top left of the photo?
cutegirl_69, score: 1, date: 24/08/2015 4:17:06 PM Does this happen at a certain time or date? I'm moving not far from there next week and would definitely love to make a plan to see this!!
fluffys90, score: 0, date: 24/08/2015 5:05:33 PM Sorry this is really bugging me. What's the celestial body on the top left of the photo?
Amazing are they common? I'd love to see one I thought you usually had to be further south to see them.
I would also like to know if there is anywhere i can see this. I live in melbourne and if i can see it from here what dates would it be visible?
Like most meteorology it's a [bit of a rough estimate.](http://www.aurora-service.net/aurora-forecast/) Aug-Sept you can see it in Tasmania sometimes but it usually sits just a little further south. Generally it's early morning (2-5am) The good news is Tasmania and Victoria are the most common areas. Sometimes it makes it's [way up to sydney.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGrYyiInlM). More specifically, down near torquay, wongarra way is best, the further out you drive the less light pollution from geelong. Or if you're the other side, down near wonthaggi away from frankston.
Thankyou! I am actually not far from one of the places mentioned this could be a good idea for a camp out
You can see them as far North as Hamilton sometimes. But generally you have to be at least in Wellington.
Really I didn't know you could see them in wellington. I lived there for two years and never saw them. Now im in Auckland no chance of seeing them up here.
Yep! You have to go to Red Rocks or even Makara to see anything, and even then it's going to be weak - Which is why you will only really see them through a camera.
I lived just down the road from Red Rocks! But I never went there at night or anything so I probably never would have seen them.
I had no idea this existed. Pretty neat to have a yellow/red "southern lights"
They're normally green as well. It's quite rare to see red/yellow/pink here.
It's means the incoming particle precipitation is especially energetic. The green comes from energetic particles bouncing off nitrogen, and the red comes from bouncing off atomic oxygen. I'm not sure of the source of the yellow light, though.
Red light + Green light overlapping = Yellow appearance
Duh, I should have figured that one out. Thanks.
Could also be due to atmospheric sodium which reflects yellow directly
I've never seen green in Canterbury - always been red/pinks, so I was quite excited to see it - it gets very green in Antarctica, though.
That's because we are surprisingly close to the equator. The antipole for Christchurch is a city in the Northwest of Spain.
Really great photo, thanks for sharing... makes me realise how much light pollution there is where I live...
Neat! Is there a bag limit on Aurora's? Any specific calls I need to bring or special camo?
1 Aurora per person per season, don't get greedy, leave some for future generations!
And be sure to eat the one you bag. Let's not be wasteful, there are people starving for auroras in the US.
The problem with aurora hunting isn't the bag limit or learning calls, it's how to stuff and mount the damn things.
This is incredible. Curious, as I'm headed to Tasmania in about a month and am hoping to get lucky and catch a glimpse of the Aurora: what did it look like to the naked eye?
It would be very faint with very little colour, would almost look like a light wispy cloud. The colours and shapes you see here can only be seen from a camera with a longish exposure if around 30 seconds.
Agree it's not much to look at with the naked eye, but this shot was a 15 sec exposure, not 30 secs - that long and you would have lost the beam structure.
Awesome, something everyone should see at-least once in a life time. I heard its very magical experience from a friend who lived in Iceland for a few years. Words cannot describe such a wonderful experience.
How does this look to the naked eye? I'm assuming it takes some pretty special camera stuff for the photo come out looking this good?
Canterbury is at about 43S, and I'm at ~42N: in my experience, the ambient green and purple hues are invisible to the naked eye, while the most pronounced pillars and curtains appear as oscillating, diffuse, bluish-white bands of light (but only if your eyes are well-adjusted to the dark). Depending on the intensity of the geomagnetic storming, the green oval near the horizon may appear pretty much as it does in photos. This all changes in much stronger aurora events or at much higher latitudes, of course.
Like a faint hue in the sky - not much, unfortunately - go further south and you'll be able to see it with the naked eye
On rare occasions you get them visible to the naked eye. I remember witnessing one from Timaru around 15 years ago.
You need a dslr that you can set to a long exposure time, and a tripod. I went on a light chasing tour out of Tromso, Norway and got some neat pics with my Canon T3i. Wish I had taken a class and practiced night shots before I went. I got some amazing pics, but because of my lack of knowledge a bunch were blurry when the camera was out of focus.
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I don't if its the case here but normally the Aurora seen in less typical areas are very faint. If you were to see this in real life, you would only see faint wisps and not nearly as colorful. Just keep your expectations in check if you plan to go see this with your eyes instead of photographing it. Source: I've shot the Aurora Borealis from southern Ontario Canada.
Not to be *that guy* but the Aurora phenomena aren't in space. They're in our own atmosphere so this should be in Earth Porn.
But they're caused by particles streaming from the Sun, from solar flares (space weather), so it's not exactly unrelated to space.
That depends on how you define our atmosphere (I guess *I'm* that guy). Auroras are at 90-150 km. That area has about a millionth of sea level air pressure.
Quite interesting. I am curious if this happens in the same latitude but in different places. I live in Chile but I have not ever heard of southern lights down here.
Wait, are you telling me that I can experience the beautiful Aurora without having to freeze my balls off?
No. It was -2 last night - that's cold for us...
Probably not. It's only visible near the poles on cloudless winter nights. Those are the coldest nights.
Why did you turn the picture upside down? Is that what New Zealanders do?
good ol southern hemisphere sky, the unfamilier stars makes it seem like i'm on another planet
Just for you, [here's a wider angle shot of the same aurora](http://i.imgur.com/oCeLF8t.jpg) - I wasn't happy with the noise from the 14mm lens so didn't post this version, but it shows more of the MW and other stars :)
I remember the Spider posts of your country , else it would be +1 soon!
How common a sight is the Aurora Australis in this area? I'm moving to Dunedin, NZ from the USA shortly and am very curious.
How shortly? It's kicking off tonight again. Not very common but big aurora, like last night's, are visible to the naked eye in Dunedin. Enjoy your time down there :)
It's supposed to be on tonight as well? Oh phew. I wanted to go out last night (since it was finally clear when there's chance of an Aurora) but Dad couldn't be bothered and said there wouldn't be anything because the moon was too big. I've just sent him your photo
Moon was behind us at 8pm so washed out a lot of the MW but facing south it gave us some nice colour and light on the foreground - moons are predictable, aurora are not - always go when there's an aurora out :)
Don't need to tell me twice, hopefully your photo gives him the kick he needs to go out tonight. What sort of settings are you using, again? Sorry to keep asking it, but want to get it right. I know 15 second exposure, I'm guessing high ISO and low F-stop?
Nah, no worries! Here's the geek data: Shot with a Sony A7ii with a Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA Lens. This photo was a single exposure shot at 35mm, 15sec, f/2.8, ISO2000
What do you think about the FE 35mm 2.8? I'm looking for a landscape/astro lens for my A7R. Have only been playing with my NEX lenses and some 2nd hand old ones off Trademe.
Its a handy walk around lens but not necessary specialised enough for anything - so, I wouldn't jump on it for landscapes in general; I wouldn't use it for portraits etc however, it's handy when you travel as its good and light
Thanks for the info! I won't be down there until mid September, but I'll be there for at least two years. So hopefully I'll see it.
Coming over for a Master's I'm guessing? I moved to Dunedin from the UK, you'll love it here!
I'm on holidays in Nelson for one more night, if the conditions are clear, would it be possible to see the aurora from this location? Thanks in advance :)
Only if there was a big astro storm - tonight is looking like a KP5 which could be seen with a camera in a very dark area but you need KP9 or more to be visible with the naked eye, which hasn't ever happened (I don't think) Keep an eye on this site for the forecast: http://www.aurora-service.net/aurora-forecast/
Thanks for replying :) I own a dslr and tripod so hopefully the cloud cover will clear away and I'll get lucky.
I love your photos. So if I was to take the kids out to lake ellesmere tonight, there is a chance the aurora could be visible?
With the naked eye, unlikely - however, if the skies are clear there's a good chance you'd be able to capture something on a dslr with a long exposure - you really need to be further south to see it with the naked eye, unfortunately :)
Amazing shot. I thought for a second that you got a few Kiwi birds feeding. Then I noticed they were bushes. I missed these while in NZ this year. Was close to two dazzling storms. I wanted to see them as I had just shot the Northern lights in Iceland two months before!
This is amazing. All my life i have wanted to see the Southern (or Northern) lights. One day!
I love pictures of auroras, but when I saw the borealis (northern version) in [realtime](https://vimeo.com/109389599) it really gives you a new perspective on how awesome this stuff is.
Do you weep uncontrollably after taking a successful photo like this? Cause holy shit I would. It's absolutely beautiful. And yay for Canterbury, my homeland :D
I did a little happy dance after I took my first shot, then realised I was standing on a wooden plank bridge and every step I made bounced my tripod - So I just giggled for about an hour...
I had the Aurora Borealis above my home at 4 in the morning. It was fucking beautiful. Cheers from the great white North.
The Aurora Australis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
Can I see it?
It's neat to know that this beautiful phenomenon, if it didn't happen, would rapidly result in our planet being sterilized. Trillions of high energy particles impacting gas in our atmosphere and annihilating, raising energy levels in the electron shells of those atoms and then emitting the energy difference between the stable and unstable configurations as photons - as light. Destructive and beautiful. This is the poetry of science.
Is on the bucket list! How long were you hunting? Any advice to other Aurora hunters?
Coming from Iceland this is surely on my bucketlist to see the southern lights. Even if they look the same. Cannot wait to check them out during the winter!............the northern that is.
How often do auroras show up in NZ? Also, thanks for my new wallpaper!
Wow there's a world 🌍 out there. That is so beautiful. I wish I had the opportunity to witness that.
Possibly the most beautiful thing I've yet to see. Blows away naked chicks all day.
only half sarcastic, but what would an "unsuccessful" aurora australis be like?
Going out and seeing nothing, despite all the indicators firing - yeah, as great as it is to see one there's a lot of petrol wasted chasing the aurora that disappear before you arrive - you just have to shoot the stupid MW and beautiful landscape, then...pfft...
Why did you turn the picture upside down? Is that what New Zealanders do?
Sorry this is really bugging me. What's the celestial body on the top left of the photo?
Does this happen at a certain time or date? I'm moving not far from there next week and would definitely love to make a plan to see this!!
Sorry this is really bugging me. What's the celestial body on the top left of the photo?