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Got mine 😊
I've got 5 just ordered 👍☺️
Linda Moait u n myself have tickets for raffle x
Got my tickets! 🤞💙
Ill need to run it by the minster of war and defence. Would be great to upgrade my hoodie, one of your pics would be even better!
Have to wait till i get paid then im jumping on this
Got mine
My tired dumbass thought you were raffling off a bed 😂
Fingers crossed 🤞
Purchased 😊
Done
What a cracking day ending with a nice sunset🌅… even though it was a bit fresh.
These are a few shots I took from Seaford Pier tonight.
As we mentioned the other day, there isn't any significant weather on the cards, but when that changes, we will do an update on the page.
Enjoy the weekend, everyone!
- Vaughan -
Tyrone Foreshore
Wow! Great photos!
Great photos
Beautiful photography!
Fabulous photos,
So beautiful, thank you.🌹
Beautiful
Stunning photos 🧡
Just stunning
A bit fresh? 🤣
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Thank you to everyone who has purchased merchandise this evening. It's appreciated more than you realise!
I have 3 hoodies from last year, still love them! I did order one of your amazing photo prints, can't wait for it to arrive 😁
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Hi 👋 Nick love the look of the red hoodie 😍
The hoodies look great. Will be grabbing one 👍
Can’t wait for the beanies! ☺️
Can I please get a hoodie to and how much
Is the giveaway still running?
Might have to upgrade my first version hoodie
Can't purchase anything till next Tuesday,, 😁, pay week, then I will.xx🌹
Ordered mine tonight 🥳
Is the top one black or dark blue I can’t tell?😅
Thank you. Will order beanies.
Looking forward to receiving my red windcheater 👍
Linda Moait we will do our orders this weekend
This is a time-lapse I did from last night's Aurora Australis from Sorrento around 7:30pm. It was incredible! 🌌
- Vaughan -
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Beautiful 💜❤️
Absolutely stunning thank you for sharing. ❤️🙏
Fantastic images! I took this at Sandhurst, if I'm allowed to share
Incredible really. The pics out of Sorrento were all beautiful. Well done, great work.
This is spectacular! What camera did you use for this? I’m not sure my phone will do the longer exposure time in time lapse mode… 🤔
I took these photos with my telescope 21st April
Vaughan this is incredible. Awesome job!
Awesome Vaughan. What settings were you using? Looks amazing
Fab idea doing a timelapse! Incredible!
This is amazing and thank you for capturing the moments, can I ask I silly question, your clip says not for media use, does it mean we cannot share on our fb page? This is too good not to share but I just want to check if it's ok first. Thanks 🙂
That really is incredible! I was hoping someone would do a time lapse 💜
Awesome work Vaughan...
Wow!!! The heavens declare God’s glory!! 🙌🙌🙌
Thanks for sharing your spectacular experience with us. Very special!
That’s incredible! Beautiful footage. I love it!
This is incredible! Thank you for sharing
Does anyone know what the best time tonight will be to view it?
Bloody hell Vaughan. That was AMAZING! Thanks so much for sharing that. Phenomenal! 💚🩷💜🧡
Vaughan, you're pics are always amazing!
Absolutely Stunning 😍
Thanks for sharing this beautiful piece Vaughan
Chills. This was amazing! 🤩
this is on my bucket list but im not even making an effort to see it the past few nights. shame on me
Amazing 💕
What an incredible display the Aurora Australis put on last night! 🤯
📷 These are a few shots I took from the Mornington Peninsula!
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Hi Vaughn,can I ask what time you took these lovely photos please?
So glad I drove out of town, this was Torquay but saw faintly from Altona on the way home too
What time was this? So sad we missed it!
It definitely was spectacular and glad we could see it in northern Victoria as well. Definitely worth being cold for.
Nick, it’s pretty but what’s the science behind this in terms of what it means for electrical devices we rely on? Does this event indicate changes in our magnetosphere?
Birchip Victoria on Wirrim Birchip Rd. We don't normally see these up in Birchip as we are to fare from Ocean , But last night was unreal I would loved been closer to Ocean to see it even better
Queenscliff
Could you see it again tonight? Is so what time? I was hoping to see it from the backyard maybe?
Mardan, 11pm last night
Echuca,Victoria
We were going to go to the Rye back beach but decided to go to Koo Wee Rup tower, was very happy with our shorter trip
I'd been taking photos for 3 hours strait & my battery was down to 1 bar so was going to pack up then the sky just exploaded with Aurora at Ouyen so I thought what the heck I thought I'd keep the shutter going, Can't believe I actually got this shot I've been chasing Aurora since last year & out of all my photos this would have to be my favourite.
How long is it around. Can we still see it tonight. I am in Melbourne. Best location and time please.
And Queenscliff again 40mins later.
Tower Hill Lake, Koroit- at the end of my street!
Nick - is it going to happen in Melton tonight?????
More on the way. I been receiving more high alerts this morning for Solar storm
Try as I might, I could net see it!
Dani Allen really hope you Scott and William get to see it. A very rare, Once in a Lifetime experience for the majority of Earthlings
Looks like you got a shooting star too
Wow we didn't get to see it these photos are amazing
It’s ashame our sky’s can’t be like this every night such beautiful
Stunning photos! Unfortunately I missed it last night. Too busy working 😏
Mother Nature at her very best
I missed it, I'm in morwell and went outside but didn't see anything. 😟
Some video footage of Lady Aurora dancing across the sky, viewed from Horsham this morning and filmed by Lynton Brown Landscapes!
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From plane cockpit this morning (photo from Lou Ciava)
Will it be visible again tonight?
Just to let you know channel 7 took the video and have shown it without giving credit again. When is this mainstream media gonna wake up to the fact that they just can’t keep take
Are there any other areas closer to Melbourne city it is going to be visible from?
What time was this?
Stunning show of God’s glory! 🩷
Matthew Cooke. This was from last night. Just incredible colours. 👌🏻🌈
Mother Nature at its best
That looks amazing 👍
Frankston north tonight
At home in Werribee
Absolutely Stunning
This one at 8PM tonight
So beautiful
She came town last night
Beautiful.
Wow.. beautiful..!!
Spectacular.
Amazing
Brilliant
Shelley Mcdonald you didn’t have to go all the way to Scotland to see the lights😁
Tara Silva must have been for your birthday
Stunning!
Jennie Lee , Deni Ruby are you getting to see this. Wowzers 💜
An amazing image by Lynton Brown Landscapes of the Aurora this morning, viewed from Horsham.Aurora before sunrise 11/5/24 Horsham. Victora. Could be seen with naked eyes.
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That’s amazing! Well done on a stunning capture 👏
Absolutely magnificent
Absolutely amazing, Lynton!! 😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
An absolutely beautiful photograph
Cranny Sth 45 mind ago
Mairin Mccubbin bloody awesome and we have rain.
Wow!!! Missed it, had no idea it was active. Beautiful!!!!
Absolutely stunning
Beautiful❤️
Stunning ❤️
Beautiful
Wow looks great
That’s superb.
my gosh-how beautiful
Beautiful photo
Beautiful
Picture for a wall
Stunning
Even in Preston Past and Present
amazing
Robyn Hale
Andrew
Lauren Parker
A level G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm warning has been issued by the Bureau's Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre.
🌏 The geomagnetic storm conditions are expected to arrive at Earth tonight at 8.00 pm AEST +/- 10 hours.
☀️ This event is a result of four coronal mass ejections from the Sun observed on Wednesday and Thursday.
G4 geomagnetic conditions can cause bright auroras to be visible at unusually low latitudes, including dark-sky locations near Sydney and Perth.
💫 To view auroras, you ideally need a dark night with little cloud cover and an unobstructed view to the south.
Bright auroras usually last for 1–3 hours and the best viewing time is around midnight—between 10 pm and 2 am. However, there's no magic hour that you're guaranteed to see auroras—keen aurora chasers usually keep an eye on our real-time geomagnetic indices which show the level of geomagnetic activity.
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Darn bloody fluffy sky things destroying the fun
Will they be visible in south Gippsland?
Shame it's raining here and meant to all night. 😢
Croydon victoria
Jason Moore.... wanna go hunting?
The Cloud caver will kill it
Sunspot warning, I'm a red head, warnings a bit late....
It's a pity it's raining. I'd live to see this
always rain and cloudy when things like this happen.
It's such a shame it's too cloudy to see anything
Damn shame this cloud cover!
No cloud cover in maffra but still can’t see anything besides stars
Hang on I thought it was tomorrow 🤔
Troy Hetherington you might get a look if you’re lucky
Genevieve O'Reilly get out there
Just beware everyone, even though a CME has occurred it doesn't necessarily mean we'll see an Aurora. It all depends on the direction of the Coronal Mass Ejection that determines the intensity. If the CME occurs on the opposite side of the Sun we'll most likely see nothing. Obviously eruptions facing closer towards the Earth influences what we see.
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Jacob James
Shaz Thompson
Fay Ifram
Patricia Bottomley
Lisa Bennetts
Peter Fletcher
Melissa Torpey
* VICTORIAN THUNDERSTORM FORECAST FOR TODAY, FRIDAY, 10TH MAY 2024 *
Thunderstorms are possible about the northwest of the state this afternoon.
There is a very slight chance of thunderstorms forming in a cloud band over the remainder of the State, most likely in the north and about the Otway coastline.
Any thunderstorms that do form are not expected to be severe.
Image source - Melbourne Storm Chasers.
Information source - Bureau of Meteorology
Nice looking out the window - been dry for too long 💧
Rain on tin roof was a good sound during the night, nice 13mm for the garden and weeds.
We had a miracle 6 mm at south Kyneton. Nothing here since 1st Apr and that was a long wait for once a month rain!
6 mm for south Kyneton pic.
4:50PM THURSDAY - The latest radar scan from Weatherzone shows areas of rain and isolated thunderstorms over western districts due to a deepening trough that extends into central Victoria from NSW.
Showers are forecast to increase over the central districts this evening into Friday.
Image: Latest (4:50pm) radar scan from Weatherzone layers.
- Vaughan -
Just got my lawns mowed and down it comes perfect timing
Raining steadily in Bendigo but no storms
No rain in Nyah,Vic High dark clouds
wish it would rain in Digby 😏
Light drizzle at Kyneton.
Yea getting lots in Linton
And Vaughan🌹🌹
Paula Doyle
Thanks Nick 🌹
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