Vivid Aurora Australis Light up Night Skies in Spectacular Display

Vivid Aurora Australis Light up Night Skies in Spectacular Display
A photographer takes pictures of the Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights, as it glows on the horizon over waters of Lake Ellesmere on the outskirts of Christchurch on April 24, 2023. Sanka Vidanagama/AFP via Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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New Zealand’s night sky lit up with streams of pink and green, treating viewers to a spectacle of the Aurora Australis.

The lights, visible to the naked eye, were seen across the southern island, all the way up north to Wellington and Hawke’s Bay.