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Old 05-08-2010, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by bartman View Post
Tony I did ( well I'm 98% sure).Here in Perth about 4(? maybe more) years ago. Laying back on a deckchair in my girlfriends backyard. Just looking up and saw odd reddish colours in the sky. they were shimmering like pics and vids I had seen before of Aurora. Then slight colour changes happend and I knew it was the Southern lights!

An Interesting thing I also saw was that the Foxtel dish on her roof seemed to glow red ( I think at the receiver(?)) Foxtel and the TV wasn't on. I thought/think it might have had something to do with the Aurora. Never investigated that......might do it now!

Bartman
In 2003 there were 3 nights I saw Aurora in Perth and once in the country.. I only photographed them on two nights .. perhaps this is the time you were thinking of? Here's my pics of it.. http://www.rogergroom.com/items/AuroraAustralis_80

I think the dish you were watching would have just been reflecting the light

Ever since I've been keeping a very sharp eye out for more. I spent a little time outside last night watching but quickly gave up after keeping a close eye on reports from further south and determining it wasn't worth the time outside.
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