Not to be outdone by the Northern Hemispherers, here are a couple of images I received from a friend, Nick Chang, working down in Antarctica at Davis base. Nick gave me permission to post them here to show everyone. I also told him to send them in to APOD and Spaceweather.com as they wouldn't receive too many from down south I suspect!
Nick is a former Physics PhD student from Adel Uni (where I work) working for AAD. He went down to Antarctica late last year to take over from another former PhD student of ours who is due to return next month. Both are working on the LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) (Govt website for more info:
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-a...ere-with-lidar). The second image below shows the LIDAR laser beam shooting up into the sky.
Image #1: taken 4th March. Nikon D7000, 18-200mm VRII lens, 20sec, f8, ISO 1600.
Image #2: taken 27th Feb. Nikon D7000, 18-200mm VRII lens, 6sec, f8, ISO 3200.
Let me know what you think and I'll pass on the comments! I'll see if I can post a couple from the other friend down there too (need to ask permission first).
Wayne