# Rare sighting of the Aurora Australis in Sydney

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**Created:** [June 24, 2015, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-sighting-of-the-aurora-australis-in-sydney/723333 "2015-06-24T07:18:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-sighting-of-the-aurora-australis-in-sydney/723333/1 "2015-06-24T07:18:54Z")

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An [interesting article](http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/2015/greg-nicholl-captures-aurora-australis-from-sydney/) on the Sydney Observatory website. Yesterday morning (23 June) a photographer got shots of the aurora australis from La Perouse, a southern Sydney suburb on the shores of Botany Bay.

It is very rare to see an aurora as far north of the polar regions as Sydney (at a latitude of 34 degrees south).

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-sighting-of-the-aurora-australis-in-sydney/723333/2 "2015-06-24T07:36:35Z")

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> [@Cunctator](#):
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> An [interesting article](http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/2015/greg-nicholl-captures-aurora-australis-from-sydney/) on the Sydney Observatory website. Yesterday morning (23 June) a photographer got shots of the aurora australis from La Perouse, a southern Sydney suburb on the shores of Botany Bay.
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> It is very rare to see an aurora as far north of the polar regions as Sydney (at a latitude of 34 degrees south).

Nice.

On occasions when I’ve seen the aurora borealis I’ve been impressed.

The first time I ever saw it was as a teenager after taking LSD for the first time ever. I didn’t know what to think. I was completely cognizant and aware yet the sky was erupting in colourful hues. Blew me away.

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-sighting-of-the-aurora-australis-in-sydney/723333/3 "2015-06-24T08:48:24Z")

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Yeah, well I am seriously pissed-off. A local photographer took some photos at 6.15am yesterday, RIGHT OUTSIDE MY WINDOW VIEW OF THE OCEAN…and the photos looked amazing, but I didn’t wake yesterday until 7am.

:mad: :mad::mad:

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-sighting-of-the-aurora-australis-in-sydney/723333/4 "2015-06-24T08:51:21Z")

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You snooze, you lose. 😃

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**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-sighting-of-the-aurora-australis-in-sydney/723333/5 "2015-06-24T13:23:15Z")

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> [@kambuckta](#):
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> Yeah, well I am seriously pissed-off. A local photographer took some photos at 6.15am yesterday, RIGHT OUTSIDE MY WINDOW VIEW OF THE OCEAN…and the photos looked amazing, but I didn’t wake yesterday until 7am.
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> :mad: :mad::mad:

Well, you might possibly get another shot at it tonight – there’s another round of solar debris heading our way, but they don’t know yet how strong it will be.