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bedroomsport t1_j4as9h4 wrote

Mate, that's an awesome pic.

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Pythagosaurus69 t1_j4axs3b wrote

Wait what we have Aurora Australis? Where is this?????

Deffs headed down south for this view

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PrimalGreen t1_j4d2quz wrote

In Victoria it can be seen at Wilson's Prom and my family have also seen it in the Otways before on a really cold night!

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fatguyfromqueens t1_j4dajbb wrote

But it is pretty rare, no? I mean Australia isn't as far south as Europe and North America are north. New York state is further north in latitude than Melbourne is south in latitude and the Aurora Borealis is pretty rare even up near the Canadian border.

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chandu6234 t1_j4dlem4 wrote

Yeah, you'll have to keep track on sun flares and when we have really big one check on weather and pray that there no clouds and it's winter. So many things have to line up.

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jimmux t1_j4dy3l1 wrote

We had some strong activity around Christmas so I was able to see it in Tasmania. I haven't heard of it being caught in WA before, but dark skies can make a difference, and they certainly have that.

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SamGropler t1_j4dx7cb wrote

Hobart is at 42 degrees south. NYC is at 40 degrees north.

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fatguyfromqueens t1_j4dxyed wrote

But Melbourne is at 39 degrees south. Plus 42 north is Chicago and Boston. Even rural areas that latitude see very few auroras (aurorae?)

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SamGropler t1_j4e1i49 wrote

So Australia is as far south as America is north (not counting Alaska).

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fatguyfromqueens t1_j4ecy78 wrote

I wrote that Australia isn't as far south as Europe and North America, not America (meaning, the US).

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VLC31 t1_j4f05pw wrote

Even more so Tassy, I believe.

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imapassenger1 t1_j4d73jw wrote

It's in the name.

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mila626 t1_j4d7g27 wrote

I don't think you understand how large Western Australia is

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imapassenger1 t1_j4ddkou wrote

I think I do. I was referring to the name a. australis as opposed to the northern lights. I meant it's in Australia (for the benefit of our northern hemisphere friends). WA is fking huge and it could only be seen right at the southern extreme I would bet. Tasmania is really the only regular sighting place in Australia, being furthest south.

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Farmer_Lister t1_j4b0ry0 wrote

Amazing! I always wanted to check this out. Where was this in WA?

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eelam_garek t1_j4b4fsq wrote

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Pasta_Ssempa_ t1_j4bz4g8 wrote

Can someone tell me more about aurora Australis? Looks beautiful

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cyber2024 t1_j4c13sh wrote

It's like Aurora Borealis, but near the south pole.

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Howwasthatdoneagain t1_j4dyhao wrote

Australis means Southern. That's how Australia got it's name. Southern land.

The Southern Lights are known as Aurora Australis just as the Northern Lights are known as Aurora Borealis.

This picture though..... raises questions. The colour to start with... the location of the milkyway in the sky. Everything just looks wrong. Aside from that nice image, whatever it is.

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getitreddit1 t1_j4b3anh wrote

Are these dunes around lancelin? Fantastic photo. The west took a while to grow on me. The pilbara a little longer. But now it in the blood!!

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Drunken-samurai t1_j4dvjet wrote

I would hazard to say Lannon is waaaay too far north to see it, likely down in margs or something.

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shadowy_bonding63 t1_j4bktok wrote

awesome scenery it is how I wish to see something like this in person!

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MoonChica t1_j4c10yw wrote

Wow that’s beautiful!!

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xtianmarq t1_j4dwo0p wrote

Absolutely amazing photograph!

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yvngjiffy703 t1_j4e4w8z wrote

I don’t mind dying and this place being the last thing I’ll ever see

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Public_Crow27 t1_j4fhdzh wrote

Noice! I can't imagine a more potent image for conjuring H.P. Lovecraft's ~ Shadow Out of Time.

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theseasonisours t1_j4fi3sd wrote

this doesn’t even look real it’s too beautiful! love this.

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RManDelorean t1_j4cj8i7 wrote

I knew Australia is mostly desert but I don't think I've ever seen a picture of the dunes

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abodedwind t1_j4dann2 wrote

There's desert sand dunes, but they're not as ubiquitous in our desert areas as they are in e.g. the Sahara or other deserts in Africa. I don't know where this was taken, but considering your best chance of seeing the Southern Lights is as far south as possible (therefore on the coast), these are likely to be large beach sand dunes instead.

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PattersonsOlady t1_j4dh7ua wrote

I thought we hadn’t had one since 2015?

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InDaHou5e t1_j4dlj3k wrote

Austral is simply another word for southern. How Australia got named. The same phenomenon can be seen from Argentina and Chile. I got the impression that some people thought that it was called that because of the country the photo was taken.

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inferiorcritic t1_j4dn140 wrote

I think people were only surprised because Australia does not extend as south as Argentina and Chile.

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kooyma t1_j4dtvuf wrote

Stunning!

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kw661 t1_j4e262c wrote

Spectacular!

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cbeany84 t1_j4e71xn wrote

That is otherworldly

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megazen t1_j4egjo2 wrote

Beautiful, is there a wide-screen version.

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