Fire in the Sky

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

Amazing view of the aurora last night on the south west coast of Western Australia. I've tried a few times without success over here, so was chuffed to finally see it in WA.

My original site - Cozy Corner - started to cloud over around 5 pm, so I did a mad dash north to escape the cloud. Being very low ocean hugging stuff, I didn't have to go far... around 40 km. Final local latitude 34 south.

This is the view just after a KP 6 alert at 10:14 pm. Quite amazing and easily visible naked eye. I reckon it would have been visible from much farther north... maybe as far as Geraldton!!

[Larryp (Laurie)]

That's spectacular, Colin-great shot!

[Octane (Humayun)]

Words can't do this justice.

Mind. Blown.

H

[Paul Haese]

One of the best images of an Australian aurora I have seen. I suspect this will win something in this years Malins.

[alexch (Alex)]

That's very impressive Colin! Glad you finally got a decent display of the southern lights.
I was chasing the weather but all I got was a few gaps in the clouds and rain.

Cheers,
Alex

[MrB (Simon)]

Very nice Colin!
I was camping for a week in Nannup and only returned home Saturday, annoying.
I was fortunate to accidentally capture some Aurorae last time I was down there in June 2012, nothing as good as your shot though, love it!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Well, that's rather special Colin, awesome

Mike

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Superbly stunning!! Beautiful!!

[iceman (Mike)]

Damn that's good.

[Osirisra (Ken)]

Jaw dropping shot!

Makes me home sick! Spent many a hour fishing at Cozy Corner and surrounding spots. Seen quite a few aurora when I was a kid down that way but never as stunning as this! Certainly didn't get to see it up here in Geraldton, been nothing but clouds here for days.

[MortonH]

Just beautiful!

[Fox]

Unbelievable! Fox

[h0ughy (David)]

WOW to see it live and get a brilliant image - -first class

[StephenM (Stephen)]

One of the best I've seen Colin! Fantastic.

Cheers,
Stephen

[multiweb (Marc)]

+1. A real inspiration.

[LewisM]

THE best I have ever seen!!! Simply divine.

[mercedes_sl1970]

Wow... Superb image.

I'm curious about your setup, camera settings, etc.

Cheers

Andrew

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Awesome, just amazing. It must have been great visually too. Best of all, you've even got smoke on the water.

[Ric]

Wonderful image Colin.

In a word SPECTACULAR.

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

Thanks for the great feedback, guys

Just talking with Grahame Kelaher - he saw it from Lake Ballard @ 29 degrees south. So Geraldton probably would have seen it. Wow!