Aurora Australis Terlihat di Tasmania, Disebut yang Terbaik

Last Thursday night, nature presented the Aurora Australis phenomenon  to residents in  Tasmania .

A number of residents who saw it said the Aurora Australis last night was the most beautiful and strong in recent years. 

This natural light phenomenon only occurs in areas adjacent to the South Pole and North Pole. 

Light appears in the form of a curtain, while flickering or rotating.

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said last night's Aurora Australis was one of the most spectacular visual phenomena ever to appear, as it occurs when the weather in the sky is good.

Aurora Australis tampak terlihat jelas mulai dari wilayah Blackman's Bay dan Clifton Beach di dekat kota Hobart,  di Launceston dan Devonport di bagian utara pulau Tasmania,  serta di Ross di sebelah Timur dan Queenstown di bagian Barat. 

Setiap tahunnya para fotografer berlomba-lomba untuk bisa mengabadikan fenomana cahaya alam ini.

Dengan menggunakan teknik 'time lapse' selama dua jam, Sam Deighton mengarahkan kameranya ke langit di atas kawasan Hobart selatan.

"Ini salah satu yang terbagus yang mungkin tidak akan terulang beberapa tahun ke depan," ujarnya.

"Cahaya muncul berkilau tidak lama setelah sinar matahari menghilang."

Fotografer  Deni Cupit yang juga mengabadikan fenomena semalam mengatakan: "Malam tadi terasa seperti berada di dunia yang lain."

A Tasmanian resident , Carmel Gledhill said she could see the Aurora Australis clearly without the aid of any tools. 

“With the naked eye we stay directing the view to the south,” he said.

Carmel  was high up on the summit of Mt Wellington to see it and she claimed to be the best and most powerful aurora she had seen in recent years.

If you missed it last night, you can see it on  the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's website .

This article was produced by Sastra Wijaya of  ABC News