Aurora Australis over Western Australia

Aurora Australis over Western Australia

"Another one from [the] spectacular worldwide aurora event on May 11, 2024. This was taken at Stirling Dam, 1.5 hours south of Perth in Western Australia."

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, Harvey Region, Western Australia

Image Details: Nikon d810a, 35mm, ISO 5000, f/2.0, 5 x 3 seconds

Image Date: May 11, 2024
Release Date: Aug. 15, 2025

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