Aurora Report 30 October 2003

[anonymous]

After the powerful CME solar event of 29 October 2003, I observed an aurora 
between 2am-3.30am local daylight savings time from Wollongong, New South 
Wales, Australia.
It was not very bright although digital photographs showed an intense red 
below turning to blue on the higher sections. it consisted of slow moving 
"searchlight beams" that travelled west to east, in a slow consistent 
fashion, sometimes fading in and out. Mostly the beams were faint but 
distinct and quite tall reaching as high as the top of the Southern Cross, 
apart from a small number of beams that increased in brightness at 3am for 
5 minutes. It was still a beautiful sight and 90 minutes is quite a long 
period to view such an event considering the high latitude of 35 deg. S.

Christian Wilson

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