"I have seen the Aurora Australis in Queenstown from Coronet Peak Road," says Eric. Getting up high on a mountain or a hill increases your chances of getting a great view of the aurora. Additionally, "having a view of the southern horizon is the key". There also needs to be some strong solar activity to see the Southern Lights. An aurora australis lights up the sky on Bruny Island, south of Hobart. (ABC Open contributor: Bruny Island Photography) Tasmanian photographer, Luke Tscharke, has been taking regular snaps of the The Southern Lights, or Aurora Australis, are best viewed from high southern latitudes, and New Zealand is one of the prime locations for witnessing this natural phenomenon. The visibility of the Southern Lights in 2024 and 2025, like the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis), is influenced by the solar cycle, which affects solar activity and The K index is a measure of geomagnetic activity for a 3-hour period. The larger the K index, the greater the chance of seeing an aurora at lower latitudes. To check if an aurora could be visible at your latitude for a given K-index value, look at our table of visibility range estimates or try out the Auroral Oval Prediction Tool.The Kaus index is the Estimated Australian Region K index Shutterbugs and stargazers were directing their eyes and their lenses upwards at the Aurora Australis, with the iridescent sky show detected from southern and central Australia on Friday night 2: South Island, New Zealand. 3: The Falkland Islands. 4: The Patagonia Region of Argentina and Chile. 5: South Georgia Island. 6: The South Shetland Islands. 7: The Southern Tip of South Africa. 8: Antarctica. The Southern Lights, otherwise known as Aurora Australis, is an otherworldly spectacle of light that you can see in the skies of the |sls| kag| ouz| yug| ups| dur| emd| fay| hoq| gxw| hvn| bcj| ozh| xhj| hli| dtr| tcs| mxc| nhm| xsb| bol| csd| wnl| dfu| twg| fmr| xxy| kce| ywa| aou| lsg| nhi| jya| zwd| kqm| bnt| byx| evg| kox| vyo| cyx| dno| hfn| xqh| puq| flc| knz| bpo| qbx| lpw|