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Old 18-03-2013, 11:31 PM
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Fire in the Sky

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!!
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