3AW Breakfast sent extraordinary photos of Aurora Australis

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Early risers have been treated to a spectacular light show, with the Aurora Australis visible lighting up the skies across Victoria before sunrise on Friday.

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3AW Breakfast was inundated with photos of the light show, which saw the sky turn a shimmering red.

“Even with all the street lights you could see it clear as day,” caller Dave told 3AW.

Click PLAY to find out more about where Aurora Australis was visible on Friday 

Monash University astronomer Associate Professor Michael Brown told Ross and Russ Aurora Australis could be visible again over the next few days.

Aurora Australis - Figure 2
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“It was a lovely thing to see,” he said.

Click PLAY to hear Ross and Russ’ full chat with Associate Professor Michael Brown

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