Aurora Australis

Phil from the Astronomy Club rung me at 9 pm on 12 Nov and said there was a severe solar storm underway, and so I grabbed the DSLR and headed to find a dark spot on the South side of Tamworth and sat my camera on the car bonnet, due to the fact that I could not find my tripod at such short notice. But as it turned out the effect was quite nice don't you think?

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