Amazing pictures of the southern lights that blessed Australia on St. Patrick's day
NOAA, BI Australia
Normally, you would need to head further south in Tasmania on the rare occasions it occurs. Everyone Down Under has their fingers crossed it will continue tonight.
This latest light show above the South Pole is the result of an explosion on the sun, specifically this last Sunday, which fired a shower of magnetised atomic particles towards earth. They started hitting our atmosphere, around 100km above the planet, last night, producing one of the best displays of the phenomenon in years.
Red and green comes from oxygen, while nitrogen gives the more purple hues.
From scientists to amateur astronomers and night owls, there were some spectacular images captured and shared on social media. Here are some of them loveliest.
NASA captured nature's celebration of St Patrick's Day from space.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Green from space. We have @Space_Station aurora views: [video] https://t.co/UG1x2YutsO pic.twitter.com/FBpXJ5OIhd
- NASA (@NASA) March 17, 2015
Rudi put together this exquisite time lapse, taken in Kiama, just 100km south of Sydney
If u went to bed last night, u missed this. :) #AuroraAustralis from my backyard in #Kiama @EpicCosmos @TamithaSkov pic.twitter.com/VqwjVlmlaE
- Photography by Rudi (@rudiphoto) March 17, 2015
Rendering 300 frames takes a while doesn't it! Meanwhile, here's another still from last night. #Dunedin #aurora pic.twitter.com/KWqHLnrEjA
- Ian Griffin (@iangriffin) March 17, 2015
Aurora Australis from Perth Metro@Destination_WA @CanonAustralia @WS_Weekly @TheWAWG @tweetperth @WestAustralia pic.twitter.com/Is6yTPusHD
- Jacqui (@JacquiImages) March 17, 2015
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