Aurora Australis Dances Between Antarctica and Australia

Timelapse satellite imagery showed the aurora australis dancing over the Southern Ocean between Antarctica and Australia on March 24. The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) released the imagery showing the dazzling display over a four-hour period. The aurora australis, or southern lights, are the shimmering curtains of green, red, and sometimes violet light that appear in the night sky around the south magnetic pole. In the northern hemisphere they are called the aurora borealis, or northern lights. Credit: CSU/CIRA & NOAA via Storyful