Aurora now

[Chris]

Just had call from a fellow aurora enthusiast who had heard reports of auora being seen from Sandy Bay, Bicheno and Wynyard an hour ago. Dressed up in winter gear, out towards favourite aurora spotting site, looked to south - no stars! Only clear patch of sky was overhead but if you're in the right place now it could be worth checking. Apparently likely to be seen from southern NZ too - fading in and out but worth waiting for.

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Awesome display down south tonight. I'll pop up a photo tomorrow. How good is Tasmania!!!!

[samh]

Sorry about the soso quality, time for a new camera

[Taurë-rana]

Beautiful, just went looking for it to discover that the one area of the sky that isn't showing stars here is the south

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Here's one from Tinderbox. Such a beautiful night and a great atmosphere with 'aurora hunters' congregating around the various locations, squeeling, ooohhh-ing and aaahhh-ing as the sky put on it's silent show.

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One more

[doogs]

I was out by myself in the midlands, no company Not surprised though as I was feeling very nervous trying to take photographs with the sound of gun shot all around Noone told me it was such a dangerous pastime!

[FatCanyoner]

I was out by myself in the midlands, no company Not surprised though as I was feeling very nervous trying to take photographs with the sound of gun shot all around Noone told me it was such a dangerous pastime!

Were the local rednecks worried the lights were the start of an alien invasion so they decided to put up a fight?

[Chris]

How good is Tasmania!!!!

Absolutely - but incredibly frustrating at times!
Thanks for the superb photos SBS and sam, even though I'm now green with envy.

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For those that are interested in this the ABC had a feature tonight. Bushwalkers in Tasmania have a unique opportunity if they keep their eyes on the southern skies

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-09/a ... ng/4877640

PS tomorrow night looks good if the skies are clear

[KANANGRABOYD]

Here's a few of mine that I have taken ( Borealis) - have a tonne more, need to find them!. Most taken at ISO 100, F2.0 and about 45-60 second exposures.

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Awesome, but that's cheating going up north!

[KANANGRABOYD]

Awesome, but that's cheating going up north!

Sorry - 13 years in the High Arctic! - was trapped by "Arctic Fever"

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Awesome, but that's cheating going up north!

Sorry - 13 years in the High Arctic! - was trapped by "Arctic Fever"

*sigh* - one day...

[KANANGRABOYD]

Awesome, but that's cheating going up north!

Sorry - 13 years in the High Arctic! - was trapped by "Arctic Fever"

*sigh* - one day...

This is what you will end up looking like!....hahahha

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This is what you will end up looking like!....hahahha

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I will never look that young again....and a few weeks will do!

Just wait and see what you look like after NR to Fedders!

[ULWalkingPhil]

Those photos look familiar. I love the Northern lights photo, I remember when I saw that photo on your iPad, it blow me away. It's great to view them again.

[phan_TOM]

How about this one, both aurora and noctilucent clouds captured in a mesmerising time-lapse video. Be warned, it's mildly nauseating!

http://petapixel.com/2013/08/19/photog-captures-two-spectacular-natural-phenomena-in-the-same-time-lapse/

May as well post this one too, the guy captured some exploding meteors while filming a time-lapse of this years perseid meteor shower

http://petapixel.com/2013/08/19/photographer-captures-amazing-meteor-explosion-mid-time-lapse/

[ULWalkingPhil]

How about this one, both aurora and noctilucent clouds captured in a mesmerising time-lapse video. Be warned, it's mildly nauseating!

http://petapixel.com/2013/08/19/photog-captures-two-spectacular-natural-phenomena-in-the-same-time-lapse/

May as well post this one too, the guy captured some exploding meteors while filming a time-lapse of this years perseid meteor shower

http://petapixel.com/2013/08/19/photographer-captures-amazing-meteor-explosion-mid-time-lapse/

Wow, awesome footage. I'm planning on experimenting with some time lapse footage, I've made up a contraption that I will be testing in the next few weeks with my GoPro camera.