Aurora from aboard SOFIA earlier today
Taken by Ian Griffin on July 18, 2016 @
60 Degrees South.
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I was lucky enough to have an observers seat aboard tonight's SOFIA telescope flight out of Christchurch New Zealand. As we headed south, the aurora australis became visible, so I had to grab some images. All shots are handheld, which means the stars are far from perfect. But as we approached 60 degrees south latitude the sky lit up in a beautiful display of the aurora. It's now 5am and I haven't slept for a day, but i have the biggest smile ever! SOFIA is an incredible machine, and to be aboard watching cutting edge science being done as an aurora blazed outside was a truly inspirational experience.
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