Aurora, Borealis and Australis

AURORA GALLERY

I had seen a good display of the Aurora Australis from Melbourne in April 1981 when the southern horizon was ablaze with an eerie red glow to an altitude of 20^o, but I did not have a camera ready to capture it on film. However, since moving to Scotland in 1984 I had not given much thought with aurora photography until 1998 when I saw a weak display in the north over Dundee. Since then, and with the solar maximum in 2000/2001, there have been some spectacular auroral displays captured on emulsion and on silicon (weather permitting of course!!). I'm looking forward to the rising coming solar activity and maximum in 2012-2013 for more aurora adventure.

I was pleasantly delighted to image a rare display from Melbourne on the 11/3/2011 (although widely observed in the northern hemisphere, this I believe is the only report from the southern hemisphere).

Below you will find links to some of my images of displays of the Aurora Borealis and, most recently, the Aurora Australis.

YEAR
2000
2000	6th-7th April (storm)
2001
2001	31st March-1st April	11th-12th April (storm)
2002
2002	20th April	10th September	2nd October
2003
2003	3rd January	21st August	19th-21st September	29th-31st October (storm)	20th-21st November (storm)
2004
2004	10th November
2005
2005	24th August
2011
2011	11th March
2012
2012	9th March	12th March (storm)	17th June
2014
2014	20th February (storm)
2015
2015	7th January (storm)	18th March (extreme storm)	4th November (storm)	7th November
2023
2023	24th March (strong storm)	24th April (strong storm)	19th September (subsiding storm)