Spectacular scenes lighting up the Australian sky

Australian stargazers will be treated to a dazzling light show over the next two nights following a massive solar outburst.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) predicted that the unusual solar winds would produce a visible Aurora Australis on Friday and Saturday evenings.

The phenomenon, also known as the Southern Lights, is caused by solar activity interacting with the Earth’s magnetic field.

It is more active in locations with minimal light pollution, such as rural beaches or a hill as far south as possible to be closer to the South Pole.

BOM’s Space Weather Forecasting Center said a “coronal mass ejection” is expected at midnight on Friday.

“Possibly resulting in significant geomagnetic activity and visible auroras during local nighttime hours,” the statement read.

The center will issue further warnings if ‘significant geomagnetic activity occurs’.

It comes just months after the Southern Lights lit up the skies from Tasmania to Mackay in the north following a massive geomagnetic storm in May.

Michael Brown, associate professor at the Monash School of Physics and Astronomy, said it is difficult to predict how bright the phenomena will be.

“The sun has been particularly active this week and could produce some excellent auroral displays on Thursday, Friday or Saturday evening,” he said. Nine news.

‘It is unclear exactly when the best aurora will be visible, because aurora can be fickle and fleeting.

“But there are aurora spotting social media accounts that can help tell you what’s visible from your part of Australia at any given hour.”

Professor Brown said stargazers lucky enough to see the lights should take photos with their phones, which can bring out colors that are ‘not visible to the naked eye’.

New Zealanders were already treated to the phenomena that lit up the sky above the South Island on Tuesday evening.

Residents from Christchurch to Queenstown shared images of stunning pink, purple and green beams of light dancing across the night sky.

Similar images flooded social media during the May light show, when millions of Aussies lit up their backyards in the middle of the night.

The storm reached geomagnetic storm level G4, which is considered severe and has not been observed in Australian skies since 2004.

The light show could soon be visible over southern skies after significant geomagnetic activity from the Sun hits Earth’s magnetic field

While some Aussies were treated to the spectacular sights, Sydneysiders and Canberrans missed out due to dark clouds and rain.

Kate Brand, manager of the Australian Space Weather Forecasting Center, said geomagnetic storms were not dangerous to humans but could impact technology and communications infrastructure.

“For example, satellites used for position navigation and timing could be affected, it could cause increased currents in the electricity network and things like high frequency or HF communications could also be affected,” she said at the time.

The colorful storms are also forecast this week in the Northern Hemisphere, known as Aurora Borealis or the Northern Lights.

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick managed to film the screen dancing across the Earth while aboard the Dragon Endeavor spacecraft.

More than half of the United States is expected to see some form of the Northern Lights thanks to the storm, which is now classified as “severe” in the Northern Hemisphere.