mmmm watermelon

Must have got sick of all the kiwis in aus lol. Good to see immigration this way for once!

Weh here I am living here and I had no idea. We really do take this place for granted

We do have two poles after all.

I’m an Aussie that’s moved to NZ, does that count? Haha. Cheers.

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I lived in northern Wisconsin for a long time. Every time you could see them guess what, it was cloudy

Aurora antarcticus would be a cool name to use instead

They’re basically the same afaik. While scientists have proven that they aren’t identical as once thought, they’re still pretty damn similar. They occur at the same time, so it the aurora borealis is out, the australis will be too.

Good lord

The video they shared about the process gives a lot of good info

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Very beautiful, resident of Melbourne Oz is so envious. Thank you for sharing!

Primarily in the far South Island though I think... If I remember correctly it was observed faintly in Welly once, but can't remember.

Oi! It's for Australians only!

(But unreal pic, looks awesome)

And you call them soft despite the fact that they’re clearly hard?

Do you have a higher res copy posted somewhere? Would love to set this as my background

Heeeeelp! Heeeeellp!

Now I'm all by myself and I have to fucking eat fucking bread all night.

I think I can see Aloy running around out there

I would like to download this and use it as my wallpaper. I will flip it so that the dark side will be on my left where the icons are also located. Thanks!

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Yeah, I was going for the ELI5 approach

It is not as simple as solar flares. Not all solar flares produce CMEs. You need a solar flare that causes a coronal mass ejection (CME) which releases many particles to cause a good Aurora. Solar flares also come in varying magnitudes with M# and X# class flares being the strongest.

The CME needs be earth facing and preferably the interplanetary magnetic field is showing a negative Bz so that the interaction from the solar wind (CME) and earth's magnetic don't repel eachother.

Ofc you also want a cloudless night.

The sun is approaching solar maximum and is estimated to occur July 2025. This means increased sun activity, which means more sun's spots which means more flares and more chances for powerful earth facing CMEs. The sun goes through a solar minimum - maximum cycle on average every 11 years.

I use solarham.net and space weather to track sun activity for Auroral events.

What apps do you use for the KP and the BZ forecast?