Kunanyi Radiance

I had long wanted to capture an Aurora Australis image on Kunanyi/Mount Wellington… I positioned the Rocking Stone deliberately in the centre of the composition as the hero of the shot, with the aurora’s dramatic rays providing the perfect backdrop.

Space Weather Conditions

• Location: Wellington Park, Tasmania
• Geomagnetic Scale: G1
• Bz (IMF): -5.13nT
• Bt (Total IMF): 9.26nT
• Solar Wind Speed: 392.8km/s
• Density: 9.85p/cm³
• Auroral Type: rayed arc, diffuse aurora