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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>March 31, 2001 14:30 - 20:30 UT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yanchep, Western Australia 115.691 east
31.650 south</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Skies dark and clear. Some light pollution to the
south caused by the city of Perth some 40km away.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mauor aurora observed over the entire observing
period. Activity not constant but varied in a 2 hour cycle. When quiet, the
aurora was visible as a faint glow to the south and a brighter glow centred at
20 degrees south of due west and 25 degrees in altitude. Nothing visible in
between.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Each surge in brightness was heralded by the
appearence of several bright rays, followed immediately by an increase in the
size and brightness of the glow. At its peak the display extended for 130
degrees in azimuth centred on just west of due south, and about 45 degrees in
altitude.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The higher portions were a bright red while near
the horizon a green colour could be seen. Numerous bright rays were also
visible.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maurice Clark</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>