Photo: Darryl Jones
We've all become amateur aurora experts over the past couple of days - with a rare solar storm causing dazzling displays in the sky over North and South Islands.
According to Otago University physics professor Craig Rodger - it was the largest such solar storm for more than a decade in New Zealand. Keen Aurora observer and photographer, Darryl Jones, says the weekend's display was the best he'd seen since the '80s.
Aurora captured in Lauder, Central Otago. Photo: Darryl Jones