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Photos: Aurorae stun skywatchers around the country

By 1News Reporters

May 11, 2024

The aurora at Pukehina Beach, Bay Of Plenty.

The aurora is seen from Homestead Bay in Queenstown this evening.

Aurora captured in Halswell. (Source: Laura Hutchins).

12-year-old Annabel Lister has captured this stunning photo from Timaru.

Beautiful aurora photos captured in Halswell, Christchurch. (Source: Laura Hutchins).

The aurora dazzling star-gazers in rural Auckland tonight.

The aurora seen from Springs Junction on the West Coast.

Stunning photos show aurorae from Blenheim.

The aurora at Pukehina Beach, Bay Of Plenty. (Source: Supplied)

Star-gazers have been dazzled by the fleeting spectacle of the Southern Lights tonight.

Aurorae have been seen as far north as Auckland as Earth is hit by the largest solar storm in decades.

The National Space Weather Prediction Centre issued the first severe geomagnetic storm watch in 20 years following a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections that began on Wednesday.

Did you see the aurorae? Send your photos to news@tvnz.co.nz

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