Hi folks,
Indeed it is possible to see an aurora in NSW. A beautiful aurora was
photographed from Kiama on 20th February this year. If you do a
Google search for "aurora australis photo kiama" you'll find the
photos and video on various social media and news sites (and I've
just noticed the video is also at the bottom of the page that Russell
linked to).
On 30th April this year the aurora alerts started coming in so,
inspired by seeing the Kiama photos, I headed out onto a dark Kings
Tableland with my camera and tripod and managed to photograph a very
faint aurora. This was in the NSW Blue Mountains! It was not visible
to the naked eye but the photos (30 second exposure) revealed a faint
pink glow low in the southern sky. That's the closest I've ever come
to seeing one so far, but seeing one properly is definitely on my
bucket list - as much as any bird! And to tie all this back to
birding, while I was there I heard a Boobook, Owlet-nightjar and
Powerful Owl calling (the latter echoing up from the Jamison Valley).
Cheers,
Carol
At 12:38 AM +1000 30/5/14, Carl Clifford wrote:
Hopefully we might see one in Sydney, as we did in 1950. I still
remember that night, quite magical.
Thanks for the heads up Russ.
Carl Clifford
On 29 May 2014, at 21:47, Russell Woodford <> wrote:
Hi everyone
The wonderful people at BOM have set up a page about the possibility of
seeing Aurora Australis from Tasmania and Victorian coasts this winter.
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http://media.bom.gov.au/social/blog/216/aurora-australis-coming-soon-to-a-night-sky-near-you/
There's even a mailing list to send out alerts when conditions are right
for an aurora display!
Just something to look at during these long winter nights when the
opportunities for birding are a bit limited :-)
Russell Woodford
Geelong
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