I put together this night sky timelapse of some shots I took last night in pursuit of the aurora – I missed out on the highlight of the show sadly, but was ever hopeful despite some major clouds. I started shooting with the thought in mind that maybe the clouds would part and a booming pink and red aurora would appear but alas it was not to be… There are 4 scenes in the timelapse below. Keep an eye out for the moonbow which appears in the first couple of seconds!

Here are a couple of stills of the moonbow, with a glimmer of green slipping through the cracks in the cloud.

Southern lights and moonbow. One of the stills from the night sky timelapse above. Overnight November 10-11 2014

Southern lights and moonbow Tasmania

I only managed one minor diffuse burst of pink beams from behind the clouds…

The southern lights over Tasmania’s D’Entrecasteaux Chanel last night

…before the show was mostly hidden again…

Only a hint of green penetrated the dark grey clouds late last night

While it was a shame to have missed out on a nice clear show, it was good to be chasing the aurora again. There is currently a fairly active sunspot in a good position on the sun in regards to potentially more auroras in the days ahead – fingers crossed!