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Night skies a kaleidoscope of colour

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Hills skies were lit up with a kaleidoscope of color over the weekend as the Aurora Australis was visible as far north as Queensland.

The colors seen during auroras are caused by the interactions between gases in our atmosphere and particles sent from the sun through a coronal mass ejection.

According to NASA, when these particles interact with oxygen in our atmosphere, it results in green and r...


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