Solar flare hits Earth; light show in Perth
A shockwave from the Sun has hit the Earth, causing a rare phenomenon in the southern skies near Perth, Australia. Perth Observatory director James Biggs says he observed an aurora, seen as whitish milky light in the sky.
"From about 2:30 to about 3:40 there was a bit of a glow towards the south in the sky, reasonably high up," he said.
"Until about 3:30 there was definitely a glow with some dark stripes in it. That was the aurora."
Dr Biggs says the aurora is very rare.
Dr Fred Watson from the Anglo-Australian Observatory at Coonabarabran in north-west New South Wales says auroras may be visible elsewhere over Australia over the next few nights. [Recent news.]
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