13 May 2024

Capturing the aurora in Lauder

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 13 May 2024
Aurora captured in Lauder, Central Otago.

Photo: Darryl Jones

We've all become amateur aurora experts over the past couple of days - with a rare solar storm causing dazzling displays in the sky over North and South Islands.

According to Otago University physics professor Craig Rodger - it was the largest such solar storm for more than a decade in New Zealand. Keen Aurora observer and photographer, Darryl Jones, says the weekend's display was the best he'd seen since the '80s. 

Aurora captured in Lauder, Central Otago.

Aurora captured in Lauder, Central Otago. Photo: Darryl Jones

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