Mortimer West

This image was taken during the extraordinary auroral storm of May 2024… Curtains of green shimmered across the sky, while vivid pink and purple rays stretched vertically into space.

Space Weather Conditions

• Location: Mortimer Bay, Tasmania
• Geomagnetic Scale: G5
• Bz (IMF): -38.11nT
• Bt (Total IMF): 41.57nT
• Solar Wind Speed: 717km/s
• Density: 2.93p/cm³
• Auroral Type: rayed arc, diffuse aurora