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An aurora lights the southern evening sky as a fishing trawler hunts along Tasmania's horizon.
In this unusual shot the tallest and strongest aurora...
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An aurora lights the southern evening sky as a fishing trawler hunts along Tasmania's horizon.
In this unusual shot the tallest and strongest aurora beam can be seen bending left and flowing horizontally near the waterline, magnetically attracted towards the south pole.
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Canon EOS 6D

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ISO 2000 Shutter 13/1

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Jun, 2015

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