Did anybody cath the Aurora Australis in Melboure today?

So just on my way home from work today and I noticed a crazy green glow coming from the sky in the southerly direction i thought i was seeing things. Mind you this was about 8:30pm Melbourne time. Must have been some hectic solar activity to produce an Aurora this far north of the south pole. I tried to get home fast enough to get a picture from my roof but by the time i got home it was over. must have lasted half an hour from when I noted it. cant tell for sure how long it was going on for.

Never seen a Aurora in Melbourne before. Anybody else notice this tonight?

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Damnit! Damnit damnit damnit!!!!!

DAMMMMMNNNNNNNNNIIIITITTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!

LightAssassin
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Damnit! Damnit damnit damnit!!!!!

DAMMMMMNNNNNNNNNIIIITITTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!

edit on 8-11-2013 by LightAssassin because: can't spell damn it seems

Thats what I thought when I got home, it was a very bizarre sight sorry you missed it bud.

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Arrrgghhhhhhhh.

Pffft.

Too cloudy here.

Really glad you got to see it though.

Double dammit...

...and I thought it was raining anyway.


Edit - are you sure it was aurora?
The ips report doesnt give particularly exciting numbers for K or A indexes, nor did they send me an alert "aurora warning" email.
Nor does the auroral oval even remotely approach Australia.

All up, it looks like a rather lame, quiet, NON auroral evening.



Edit2 - somebody put up a picture on instagram.
But this person appears to be the totally sole lone individual in the whole twitterverse to have seen it.
CJ Melegrito ‏@cjmlgrto 4h
Anyone seeing the #aurora australis right down near south east Melbourne?
instagram.com...

And a bit more searching on twitter says:


John McClumpha ‏@JohnMcClumpha 4h
Erm fellow tweeters - any ideas on what the green glow in the sky is over Cranbourne tonight?! pic.twitter.com/AUKUyZlWu8


John McClumpha ‏@JohnMcClumpha 4h
Yep @evilsnoofy has it - the light from the racecourse reflecting *green* up onto the clouds (yes I did have to go and investigate)


John McClumpha ‏@JohnMcClumpha 4h
@PhatRS @michaelmessig - nope not Aurora Australis unfortunately - a much less exciting reality - but looks awesome

alfa1

And a bit more searching on twitter says:


John McClumpha ‏@JohnMcClumpha 4h
Erm fellow tweeters - any ideas on what the green glow in the sky is over Cranbourne tonight?! pic.twitter.com/AUKUyZlWu8


John McClumpha ‏@JohnMcClumpha 4h
Yep @evilsnoofy has it - the light from the racecourse reflecting *green* up onto the clouds (yes I did have to go and investigate)


John McClumpha ‏@JohnMcClumpha 4h
@PhatRS @michaelmessig - nope not Aurora Australis unfortunately - a much less exciting reality - but looks awesome

Well there you go mystery solved.

Gotta love ATS for fact finding and getting to the truth. thanks for the heads up Mate. So cranbourne racecourse huh? Why would they be green lights I wonder
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