17/06/2026
11th May 2024, Vivonne Bay- Kangaroo Island
As it’s been some time since we’ve seen a display like this, I wanted to share this beauty I captured during the intense geomagnetic storm of May 2024. In this image, I captured the prominent auroral rays dancing along the coastline. I particularly like the reflections on the wet sand in front of me.
The beams are produced when charged particles from the Sun interact with oxygen and nitrogen atoms in Earth’s upper atmosphere. Variations in Earth’s magnetic field concentrate these particles into narrow columns, creating the characteristic curtain-like structures and luminous rays. The strong reds and greens visible are produced by emissions occurring at different atmospheric altitudes.
I still feel very fortunate to have witnessed and photographed this remarkable event, which stands as a record of one of the strongest Aurora Australis displays observed in recent decades.
my settings were - iso 1000 - F1.4 - 5sec