{"id":427740,"date":"2026-01-21T12:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427740\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:48:10","slug":"aurora-australis-lights-up-night-sky-and-captivates-residents-across-great-southern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427740\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora australis lights up night sky and captivates residents across Great Southern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Residents across the Great Southern were treated to a rare natural phenomenon as the aurora lit up the southern sky, painting it with hues of pink, red and green on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The aurora australis occurs when charged particles from the Sun collide with Earth\u2019s magnetic field, creating glowing waves of light in the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">While long exposure cameras captured the aurora\u2019s most vivid colours, a coloured glow was still visible to the naked eye as it stretched across the horizon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Keen aurora photographer Ruth Tinley said she has been photographing auroras for about 10 years and her fascination for them began in Albany.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cMy first sighting of the aurora was when I lived in Albany as a child and my dad woke me up in the middle of the night to come and see the sky,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c6941ec68c99586262f6315789250558009bdce1.jpg\" alt=\"Aurora lighting up the sky at Camp Kennedy, Albany. \" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconAurora lighting up the sky at Camp Kennedy, Albany.  Credit: Ruth Tinley<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIt was a visible red glow in the sky with moving white beams and I was absolutely fascinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Tinley is now based in Williams but was on holidays at Camp Kennedy in Torbay when the aurora lit up the sky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI was excited to finally be in Albany when there was an aurora event on, because we often see it from Williams, but the colours are different when you are at a more southerly latitude,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bbe5a48b17397b7cad0f4e6615a2f21a4d15f9e1.jpg\" alt=\"The aurora lit up the sky in Williams. \" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconThe aurora lit up the sky in Williams.  Credit: Gretel Tinley<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI was excited to be able to see the green colour at the bottom, which is not usually visible from Williams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Mt Barker resident Courtnee Brown said her view of the aurora was clear and beautiful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIt\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve ever seen it so visible,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cYou could see it without the camera \u2014 it was stunning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents across the Great Southern were treated to a rare natural phenomenon as the aurora lit up the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,115038,128,285,45],"class_list":["post-427740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-regional-news","tag-science","tag-space","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}