Aurora Australis from Queensland

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I never ever thought I'd see Aurora from where I live. I got the heads up at 10pm from Al Sheehan on FB, so I quickly loaded up all my camera gear in my van and headed west. I wanted to be clear of all lights to the south. The aurora was very faint to start with, but from approx 1pm it was visible to the naked eye as a dark pink glow in the south.

[sheeny (Al)]

Very cool, JJJ! I am glad you got it.

Pity about the clouds developed here, I had to scramble! I might have a lens issue or two to investigate as well - bad coma on the LHS of frame. I'm hoping it just because I forgot to turn IS off.

Al.

[acropolite (Phil)]

Well caught JJJ, we didn't get a thing down here, total,cloud cover.

[batema (Mark)]

Very nice jj.

[kkara4 (Krishan)]

excellent work jeanette! - where did you end up setting up for the photo?

[h0ughy (David)]

well done JJJ - Qld at 26latS?

[omegacrux (David)]

Amazing to catch it so far north
I'm heading out tonight and see if it's still around

David

[RickS (Rick)]

Good stuff, JJJ! Let's hope for an aurora like the one in the 1800s that Californian gold miners thought was the sun rising early

[RobF (Rob)]

Holy mega cow!!
Has anyone seen any signs of activity tonight?

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Excellent - I would have not believed it was possible - great catch!

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Good stuff, JJJ! Let's hope for an aurora like the one in the 1800s that Californian gold miners thought was the sun rising early

Yes - The Carrington event of 1859, something of that scale would mess with a lot of satellites today.


Must have been a buzz capturing an aurora from Queensland,wow! Well done Jeanette.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Wow that's awesome jjj can't believe it's visible from up there

[PacoYepes]

impressive shots


regards

[Ross G]

Amazing!...great capture.

Ross.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Aurora from QLD. Unreal. Well done.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Thanks for looking everyone.
I drove west and stopped by the side of the road half way between Blackbutt and Yarraman. 26.52S.

[paulsartory (Paul Sartory)]

Very nice. I have only seen the Aurora once before and that was from north of Sidney back in 2001.

[sheeny (Al)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Thanks for looking everyone.
I drove west and stopped by the side of the road half way between Blackbutt and Yarraman. 26.52S.

Very nice JJJ!

Al.