Time beneath The Earth's Southern Sky: View from Australia

Time beneath The Earth's Southern Sky: View from Australia

The Southern Hemisphere is the half (hemisphere) of Earth that is south of the equator. It contains all or part of five continents (the whole of Antarctica, the whole of Australia, about 90% of South America, about one-third of Africa, and some islands off the continental mainland of Asia) and four oceans (the whole Southern Ocean, the majority of the Indian Ocean, the South Atlantic Ocean, and the South Pacific Ocean), as well as New Zealand and most of the Pacific Islands in Oceania. Its surface is 80.9% water, compared with 60.7% water in the Northern Hemisphere, and it contains 32.7% of Earth's land.

In the Southern Hemisphere, you can more easily see the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds (SMC and LMC), the largest dwarf galaxies nearest to the Milky Way.

A Beginner's Guide to the Southern Hemisphere Sky:
https://skyandtelescope.org/observing/beginners-guide-to-the-southern-hemisphere-sky/

Video Credit: Cullen Pan
Location: near Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia
Duration: 43 seconds
Date: February 20, 2026

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