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Aurora Australis Not Borealis

Posted by Hemos on from the the-beauty-of-the-south dept.

jurasource writes "The BBC is running an article about the Aurora Australis, or the southern lights, as opposed to Aurora Borealis, the northen lights. Apparently these pictures are quite rare as hardly anyone lives at the south pole during the winter, and who can blame them !"

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  1. Aurora Australis by darkleopard · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've read in the past that the Aurora Australis can be seen from southern Australia and New Zealand during rare peak periods of the Sun's eleven year cycle. This being one of those periods, if all things fall into place maybe we'll see some pic's from downundersoon.