New Zealand has witnessed a “solar tsunami” of activity in space that delighted Aurora hunters around the country, as the southern lights appeared in cities that would not usually get to enjoy them.
A photographer takes pictures of the Aurora Australis over Lake Ellesmere on the outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand.The “solar tsunami” that prompted auroras in the night sky had reached levels not seen in New Zealand since around 2017, said Devlin Lynden, project manager of University of Otago’s Solar Tsunami project, which documents solar storms and activity to model their potential effects on New Zealand’s energy infrastructure.
In New Zealand, the streams of light delighted sightseers, many of whom had never captured the phenomenon before. “My first time seeing an aurora, ever,” one photographer, Chris Lierhiemer, said, as he documented the green lights surging over Christchurch’s port hills.Auroras