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G'Day Paul,
I saw this one last night too (nicely captured Paul):
I was getting ready to crash for the evening and by chance clicked on Ovation/Aurora/South -
Hmm, K=5 and lots of colour - Had not seen that on this site before.
So I went outside (rural ~36.7 South) and the whole southern sky was aglow to about the SCP.
Visually it appeared a very very pale green, though this may well be an illusion.
It pretty much washed out the small amount of Melbourne skyglow we get on our Southwest Horizon in magnitude but made it appear much more golden than usual. This is maybe why the Aurora looked pale green to me.
When I have observed Aurora at these latitudes in the past, it was often preceded by this lighting of the sky.
The good ones I have seen in the past all had pillars, shafts and regions aglow with crimson, most of this activity was about the altitude of the SCP or a bit higher.
Wanted to go out later for another look but had to crash for an early start in the morning. Oh well, maybe next time - but it is definitely a breathtaking and memorable site to behold.
Neil.
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