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What are auroras, and why do they come in different shapes and colours?
Over millennia, humans have observed and been inspired by beautiful displays of light bands dancing across dark night skies.
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Photographer captures stunning image of Aurora Australis
Aurora Australis was spotted off southern Tasmania this weekend.
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Aurora Australis may light up Australian skies this week
Nature’s most spectacular light show may make a rare appearance in skies of southernmost Australia.
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Earth’s poles could be headed for the first reversal in 780,000 years
Are we headed to a magnetic reversal and all the global disruption that would bring?
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Aurora glow over Cradle Mountain
A rare light show colours the sky over Cradle Mountain, Tasmania
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Aurora australis light up Australia
Southern lights have been seen in unusually northern locations in Australia.
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Gallery: Aurora australis seen across Australia
A recent strong solar storm in March 2015, created the perfect conditions for viewing the southern lights from parts of Australia that wouldn’t usually see them
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Aurora australis lights up Uluru
Emma Blythman was in the right place at the right time to capture this fantastic aurora australis over Uluru
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Earth from space: time-lapse video
A time-lapse video of Earth from space reveals the wonder of our planet and just how thin the atmosphere is.