Australia's Answer To The Northern Lights Is So Much Better Than We Imagined

@AuroraAddicts fab southern lights tonight in #Hobart #tasmania #auroraaustralis pic.twitter.com/i2RbnHEDwX

— §creamy (@SussanSays) October 4, 2016

Cosmic rainbows light up the sky as #AuroraAustralis visits #Tasmania https://t.co/9uuLEg0Jec pic.twitter.com/3CrU4lkdek

— Atul Yadav (@atulaugust) October 28, 2016

What a show we had last night! Naked eye visibility of #AuroraAustralis over #Hobart #Tasmania pics from Mt Wellington more at my website. pic.twitter.com/hnvCAzfyH8

— Flame of Fire Foto (@flameoffirefoto) October 26, 2016

She's back! The #AuroraAustralis was dancing in Tassie last night: https://t.co/OAwsHLxuxr #discovertasmania #seeaustralia pic.twitter.com/ep3zMoLAue

— Discover Tasmania (@tasmania) October 26, 2016

Husband is also a hunter - though of #Aurora not #supernatural things. Last nights prey in pic #AuroraAustralis @bradphippsnz pic.twitter.com/PhCrXVliYJ

— MPG (@sciencegal_NZ) October 26, 2016

Aaaand - still pumping!
Big naked eye beams and washing ripples & pillars #auroraaustralis #Tasmania #beams pic.twitter.com/A5FVO5Npyl

— Vince Taskunas (@VinceTaskunas) October 25, 2016

10mins ago, what a beauty! #auroraaustralis #tasmania pic.twitter.com/hoMWreFg3g

— §creamy (@SussanSays) October 25, 2016

The #AuroraAustralis, or southern lights, has dazzled the night #sky in #Tasmania. 📷: @ffourie

A photo posted by ABC News (@abcnews_au) on Oct 27, 2016 at 12:02am PDT

A magical night-time capture of @Australia's oldest bridge still in use, the Richmond Bridge, with the shimmering vertical lights of the Aurora Australis dancing overhead. The Richmond Bridge spans the Coal River in the historic town of Richmond, a 30-minute drive from downtown @HobartandBeyond. It was completed by convict labour in the 1820s and is the centrepiece of a town that also boasts Australia's oldest remaining Catholic Church (St John's, 1836) and scores of Georgian-style buildings. @timclarkphotography captured this stunning image on a night in November last year. Here's hoping this November brings the same rewards for Tassie's dedicated Aurora chasers! Thanks for tagging #discovertasmania, Tim.

A photo posted by Discover Tasmania (@tasmania) on Oct 25, 2016 at 3:05am PDT

WOW... last night's aurora over Tinderbox in southern Tassie thanks to @helenawisby123. The Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights, happens when the sun releases a massive burst of solar wind and magnetic fields into space! As a rule of thumb the further south and the further away from cities / towns the better your chances of seeing an aurora are... and guess what? Tassie is one of the best places to get up close and personal with auroras... in the world 😍 #tasmania #tassie #tassiepics #instatasmania #tasmaniagram #hobart #hobartandbeyond #clicktasmania #seeaustralia #aurora #auroraaustralis #discoveraustralia #discovertasmania #amazingtasmania #amazingaustralia #exploretasmania #exploreaustralia #australia #getlostnow #gosomewhere

A photo posted by TasmaniaGram (@tasmaniagram) on Oct 25, 2016 at 2:24pm PDT

Tassie had front row seats for last night's Aurora Australis on the South Arm Peninsula thanks to Adam Blackpaw 😆 It was a "perfrect storm" aurora with plenty of amazing yellows, pinks, greens, purples and other colours we haven't yet named 😆 Most of it was also visible to the naked eye! Word is stayed tubed for another show tonight 😆 #tasmania #tassie #tassiepics #hobart #hobartandbeyond #instatasmania #tasmaniagram #southarm #aurora #auroraaustralis #discoveraustralia #discovertasmania #clicktasmania #seeaustralia #amazingtasmania #amazingaustralia #exploretasmania #exploreaustralia #australia #getlostnow #gosomewhere

A photo posted by instatasmania (@instatasmania) on Oct 26, 2016 at 12:55am PDT