Results of a solar wind

[kiwiorchids]

My cousin in the South island-At lake Tekapo, sent us these amazing pictures of the Aurora Australis-the southern lights.

The green colour is when the solar photons/particles come in contact with oxygen, and the pink is when the particles/photons come in contact with Nitrogen.

FYI, this is over 3 or 4 days.

[catttan]

Very nice and interesting photos.

[Tom-19951]

Your cousin did a fantastic job on those photos. Thank you for posting them here.

[Molly Taco]

WOW !! Thanks for sharing.
Cin

[rich63]

Very nice photos. Take Care,Rich

[Warinsbloom]

GORGEOUS...we're supposed to be getting a show here too but, 2 nights and no lights yet

[rwf]

OMG... how wonderful...it's been 30yrs since I've seen any myself...I live to far below the circle...your cousin is very lucky.

[Brutal_Dreamer]

Wonderful. I would love to see that in person.

Cheers,
BD

[salmonmanAK]

We see them up here in Alaska all the time. Well, not in the summer as it does not get dark, but all the rest of the time. The farther north you go the more extreme they get. I worked on the North Slope cooking for the oil companies for a while and they were awesome up there.

Great pictures. It is not easy to get good photos of them.

cheers,
Jason

[espranch]

Those are beautiful, Jordan. Your cousin did a great job of taking those pictures. When we lived in Goose Bay, Labrador, we would see the Northern Lights also. Betty :-)