Aurora breakthrough: ‘Never-before-recorded’ red arc activity seen above New Zealand

By Ian Randall

The unusual light show was recorded by astronomer and citizen scientist Dr Ian Griffin in the skies above Brighton, Dunedin, during a geomagnetic storm on the St Patrick’s Day (March 17) of 2015. Auroral activity to the south, the researchers reported, was accompanied by a broad red arc overhead that physicists refer to as a […]

Aurora breakthrough: ‘Never-before-recorded’ red arc activity seen above New Zealand

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