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After chasing it for more than two years I was finally rewarded with two displays of Aurora Australis (Southern lights) within a week visible from Mornington peninsula, not far from Melbourne. The nights were warm an clear and the Moon was not in the sky either - I could not have asked for better conditions.

The red color of this aurora is caused by the charged particles from the Sun exciting oxygen atoms high in the Earth's atmosphere. Hopefully there will be more to come as Sun's activity increases in 2012-13.

Being able to photograph it all night I came up with a nice video. The brighter Aurora happened on January 22nd and the smaller one, featured in the middle section, was from January 16th, followed by a rather bright Moonrise.

Images and blog:
terrastro.com/blog/red-aurora/

Time lapse motion control performed with Dynamic Perception Stage Zero ( dynamicperception.com )

Music: Coral Reef by Psychadelik Pedestrian
toucanmusic.co.uk/releases/release.php?q=tou274

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  • Shane Black 4 weeks ago
    Beautiful stuff! The Aurora looks nearly pink at some points, which I've never seen before!
  • The Aggregate 3 weeks ago
    Unbelievable work and dedication Alex! We've got this video live on our channel and site ;)

    vimeo.com/channels/theaggregate

    theaggregate.net
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  • blueskies plus 4 weeks ago
    Beautiful, well done!
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  • LukaTDB 4 weeks ago
    wow, big like
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  • Michelle L (Australis) 4 weeks ago
    Splendid.. ! Had been waiting for this after seeing the still shot..
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  • Kelly Shipp 4 weeks ago
    Great job!

    Are you using the Merlin head?
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  • glenadamson 4 weeks ago
    ive just started alex , luv your videos , im in aspen colorado high up in the mountains , hope to get some good star time lapses but i have to say the southern hemisphere rocks...:)
  • Guigo 3 weeks ago
    i think it's gonna be hard to catch aurora in aspen colorado, you seem to be too far from north, but hey, who knows.. :)
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  • Jeanette Dunphy 4 weeks ago
    :) Beautiful work, as usual. Thanks for taking the time to make and share them with us.
    cs
    jjj
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  • Colin Legg plus 4 weeks ago
    Beautiful again Alex. I saw the map on spaceweather that night and hoped someone was out there capturing it. Amazing palette of colours.
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  • Daniel Johnson plus 4 weeks ago
    amazing!
    what lense did u use for these shots?
  • Alex Cherney plus 4 weeks ago
    Nikkor 14-24mm
  • Christoph Malin plus 3 weeks ago
    sharpest lens on f2.8 ever made :)
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  • Foraggio 4 weeks ago
    Where was the location?
  • Alex Cherney plus 4 weeks ago
    Flinders on Mornington Peninsula
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  • Graham Gaunt plus 3 weeks ago
    Fantastic work again ..
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  • pilot1 plus 3 weeks ago
    10/10.
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  • MarExterior 3 weeks ago
    Absolutely fantastic video.
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  • John Warren plus 3 weeks ago
    that's the blowhole in Flinders - I love it there - great stuff Alex !!!
  • Alex Cherney plus 3 weeks ago
    Indeed it is!
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  • John Warren plus 3 weeks ago
    is that playing back at 24 frames per second?
  • Alex Cherney plus 3 weeks ago
    No, I think at 16 fps interpolated to 24
  • Christoph Malin plus 3 weeks ago
    did you use Twixtor?
  • Alex Cherney plus 3 weeks ago
    No, Sony Vegas does a decent job interpolating
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  • Buzzzz 3 weeks ago
    Beautiful.

    Thanks for posting.
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  • Pierson Jacquelin 3 weeks ago
    Nice work.
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  • Ben 3 weeks ago
    Great colours. It's like a moving painting! Added to vimeo.com/channels/hdtime and vimeo.com/channels/1341
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  • Douglas Koke plus 3 weeks ago
    Wow. That had to be a pretty moving experience to witness that. So beautiful!
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  • Skywatcher 3 weeks ago
    You even made it to the APOD page today apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120201.html Congratulations !
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  • Stuart Sinclair Animation plus 3 weeks ago
    Stunning!
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  • Guigo 3 weeks ago
    ha ha, according to NASA chart where they draw aurora observation charts by Kp index, you've done impossible - watching aurora only ~60km from Melbourne!
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  • Christoph Malin plus 3 weeks ago
    hello alex, beautiful footage, very well done!!! congrats to APOD. it is now the 130th TWAN apod entry!! love to see the magellanic clouds too, I will never forget how they looked like in Chile. nice to hear you are moving a DP dolly with Merlin head. Me too ;) best regards from a TWAN contributor from Austria!
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  • stxv 3 weeks ago
    Amazing!
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  • rwb 3 weeks ago
    Thanks.
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  • Marty Pouwelse 3 weeks ago
    Activate forcefield!! Some insane pinks and reds in there. Stunning.. well done.
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  • John Leach plus 3 weeks ago
    breathtaking!
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  • Greville Street Pictures plus 3 weeks ago
    Hi Alex, big fan of your work- I didn't know about this occurence until I landed up down at Flinders to practice my dark sky stuff. I was surprised when the distant colour on the horizon became a moving curtain when I put my time lapse together;

    vimeo.com/35676808
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  • Korbinian Vogt 3 weeks ago
    extreme cool milkyway and aurora = epic win :D
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  • Reza Badei 3 weeks ago
    Breathtaking Clip with fantastic music, Thank you for sharing... :-)
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  • AJRCLIPS plus 3 weeks ago
    Pure awesome.
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  • otterhavver 2 weeks ago
    so lovely. congratulations and thank you for sharing this.
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  • Makario 2 weeks ago
    Красиво до жути)))
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  • Deone Benninghoven 2 weeks ago
    Thank you, this is truly remarkable. Cheers!
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  • demetriobarros 2 weeks ago
    amazing!!!!
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  • Carol-Lynn Fillet 2 weeks ago
    Aurora Gorgealis. I've never seen the southern lights. Thank you!
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  • W-D. MICHOU64 2 weeks ago
    Bonjour ALEX,
    c'est grâce à Météocity que j'ai vu votre vidéo, et viens immédiatement sur votre page, vais proposer cette vidéo sur ossau.net.
    Très bonne journée à vous
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  • Olybop plus 2 weeks ago
    amazing :D blog.gaborit-d.com/aurore-australe-rouge-en-timelapse/
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  • Steffy warin-zavattin 2 weeks ago
    The words are not enough to say how much this vision is beautiful !! ♥
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  • Rosa Pastrana Saucedo 2 weeks ago
    Thank you. it's wonderful!
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  • Frans 2 weeks ago
    This is just awesome!
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  • Shloma Goldshmidt 2 weeks ago
    Потрясающе (Rus)
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  • Marianne Vincent 2 weeks ago
    You are amazing to have captured such an incredible thing. I studied in Melbourne and am now in Malaysia so this brought (good) tears to my eyes. Don't take this the wrong way, but don't think the music does justice to you or the phenomenon.
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  • Bill Perry plus 1 week ago
    beautiful shots. thanks for sharing. how were you able to maintain the exposure from dusk through sunrise?
  • Alex Cherney plus 1 week ago
    The bright object rising in the middle segment is the Moon.
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  • Joe Moya plus 1 week ago
    very nice...
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  • Tierras Polares 1 week ago
    Awesome... thanks!
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  • Jesse McKeever plus 1 week ago
    Love It !!
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  • stefhan plus 6 days ago
    Beautiful !
    Posted on souriredeminuit.com
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  • Xinap Ray 3 days ago
    Great stuff, Alex! Keep shooting and posting!
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