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| Charter flight from Dunedin to view southern lights filling fast | |
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| Topic Started: Oct 11 2016, 12:58 PM (193 Views) | |
| Kahu | Oct 11 2016, 12:58 PM Post #1 |
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Charter flight from Dunedin to view southern lights filling fast Posted Image The aurora taken from Hoopers Inlet on the Otago Peninsula. Photo / Ian Griffin Seat sales on the first charter flight from Dunedin to see the aurora australis are taking off — so much so, the trip's organiser is already considering making the flight an annual event. Otago Museum director and former Nasa Space Telescope Science Institute public outreach head Ian Griffin said the flight was confirmed for March 23 and would be the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Source Link |
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| Durgan | Oct 11 2016, 02:18 PM Post #2 |
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Very nice. |
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| agate | Oct 11 2016, 02:37 PM Post #3 |
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That is awesome. Going to the north to see the northern lights is a popular thing here. |
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| sooty | Oct 12 2016, 12:14 AM Post #4 |
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Wow, are they true colours? It looks spectacular . |
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| Trotsky | Oct 12 2016, 12:35 AM Post #5 |
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Just beautiful. I have never seen an aurora in person. Bob tells me he has seen them often in Fall and Winter in Massena, NY. |
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| heatseeker | Oct 12 2016, 01:03 AM Post #6 |
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Is Bob from Massena? This is just over the border from Cornwall, On. Mrs. Heat and her friends used to spend a lot of time in Massena in their youth watching bands and drinking beer. |
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| David | Oct 12 2016, 02:05 AM Post #7 |
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I saw them in northern Scotland. Great experience for a Florida boy! |
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| Trotsky | Oct 12 2016, 02:37 AM Post #8 |
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Yes, he was born in Massena, NY. He grew up there...Grandfather owned a/THE department store. Then his mother remarried after his father's death in 1935 and they all moved to Potsdam, NY. |
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| Kahu | Oct 12 2016, 11:24 AM Post #9 |
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Once, about 50 yrs ago, we had an opportunity to see an aurora in the Hutt, at the bottom of the North Island, and from memory there was more pink and red displays rather than blues and greens. The photo shown is near, or in, the International Dark Sky Reserve down in Otago. We asked someone who photographs both the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) and the Southern Lights to give us his photography tips. Eric Katich, a snow groomer for ski fields in New Zealand and Sweden, hops between the remote mountains of the Northern and Southern Hemisphere every year giving him the unique opportunity to spot both auroras and, better yet, get some amazing snaps. How to photgraph the Aurora australis |
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