Highcliff Aurora
Scouting out new aurora locations on the peninsula.

KP 7 Auroral Storm on May 30th 2017. The bright band across the sky was visible to the naked eye and remained the entire night. The beams came in two 15 minute bursts.

The inaugural Flight to the Lights was a chartered flight organised by Ian Griffin to view the Aurora Australis. The 767 took off from Dunedin Airport and flew to 62° south. It was an amazing experience. Because of our altitude and latitude the photographs really portrayed the depth of the aurora - something you could never capture standing on a south facing beach. The flight was timed so the moon rose towards the end of the flight at around 2am. The moonlight was very bright but amazing at that …

