New Zealand Local Weather Forum
Climate and Science => Space, Science and Nature => Topic started by: Wolfie33 on January 02, 2016, 09:34:04 AM
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Southern stargazers saw in the new year with a spectacle far more impressive than any fireworks display as the Aurora Australis lit up the Otago sky.
Dr Ian Griffin, who, as well as being the director of Otago Museum, is a professional astronomer, captured the aurora in a series of photographs taken from Hoopers Inlet on the Otago Peninsula.
full story
http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11568404
and a bit more from elsewhere
New Year's Aurora Photo Blog - Astronomy Weather Blog Weather Blog (http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/astronomy/new-years-aurora-photo-blog/54541289)