Aurora Australis: View from Western Australia

Aurora Australis: View from Western Australia

Photographer Trevor Dobson: "This is a rare (for me!) single shot image of the Aurora Australis taken during the worldwide aurora event of May 11, 2024."

Also known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), auroras are colorful, dynamic, and often visually delicate displays of an intricate dance of particles and magnetism between the Sun and Earth called space weather. When energetic particles from space collide with atoms and molecules in the atmosphere, they can cause the colorful glow that we call auroras.

Learn more about auroras: 
https://science.nasa.gov/sun/auroras/

Image Credit: Trevor Dobson

Location: Stirling Dam, Western Australia
Image Details: Nikon d5500, 13mm, ISO 500, f/4, 30 seconds
Image Date: May 11, 2024
Release Date: Feb. 28, 2026

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