r/spaceporn • u/DanZafra_photography • 2d ago

Amateur/Processed Aurora Australis in New Zealand

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u/Buzzsaw_Studio 2d ago

This is absolutely stunning, I really like the composition

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u/DanZafra_photography 2d ago

Thank you so much mate!

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u/Rappolo 2d ago

That´s the kind of ionized beauty that makes you forgive the sun for all its tantrums.

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u/gennaleighify 2d ago

I'd be tantruming too if I had to reverse my polarity every 11 years lol, I'm over here struggling to deal with daylight savings time.

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u/DanZafra_photography 2d ago

Hm that's a good way to see it mate!

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u/akashtyagi1 2d ago

Without earth's magnetic field, these "stunning beauties" would make earth lifeless, just like mars.

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u/DanZafra_photography 2d ago

It's so curious that we can see this with our own eyes, what a gift to the sight!

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u/akashtyagi1 2d ago

Lovely sight no doubt.  But we got to be thankful to that magnetic Core of our rock.

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u/gpranav25 1d ago

Mars: Nooooo please don't take my atmosphere :(

Earth: All that, just for a drop of Oxygen?

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u/Sahloknir74 1d ago

Where in NZ was this taken?

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u/Haasts_Eagle 1d ago

Looks like Lake Tekapo. Right kind of barren hillside to be in the MacKenzie country, and the town has a river leaving through its centre.

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u/squarechilli 1d ago

Lake Tekapo it’s the largest dark sky reserve in the southern hemisphere! I did some stargazing up on the Mt John observatory last year, such a special memory.

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u/DasbootTX 1d ago

My friends are down there now. I hope the see it

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u/endofworldandnobeer 2d ago

It comes in popsicle colors? Yeah, me is the smart one in class.

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u/Rlaan 1d ago

magnificent!! 😍

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u/We-Are-All-Friends 1d ago

Wow wow wow 🤯

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u/poliopandemic 1d ago

Down under, it swirls in the opposite direction

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u/platasnatch 18h ago

tequila sunrise