Spectacular Aurora Australis lights up parts of southern Australia

Aurora Australis in Melbourne -11 May 2024

The Aurora Australis illuminates the sky from Brighton beach in Melbourne. (Photo by George Hitchens / SOPA Images/Sipa USA) Source: SIPA USA / George Hitchens / SOPA Images/George Hitchens / SOPA Images/Sipa USA

A massive solar storm has created rare and spectacular auroras around the world. Communities as far north as Queensland saw southern lights often only seen in Tasmania and people across Florida and Alabama also got a rare glimpse of northern lights.


Earth has experienced it's largest solar storm in over twenty years.
Extraordinary colour displays lit up the sky across the world, stunning everyone who managed to catch a glimpse of the rare but spectacular show.


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