A spectacular display of lights lit up the skies in Tasmania, Victoria and New Zealand on Friday night.
The Aurora Australis event, which saw the sky exploding into life, was witnessed by photographers around Australia.
Beautiful colours highlighting the sky included pink, yellow, red, purple and green.
The natural display is caused when charged particles from the sun interact with atoms in the upper atmosphere.
A spectacular display of lights known as the Aurora Australis lit up the skies in Tasmania, Victoria and New Zealand. Tristan Pokornyi took the image (pictured) at Flinders on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria
Social media was in meltdown with photographers excited about the epic display.
Tristan Pokornyi, told Daily Mail Australia the display was ‘very spectacular and he described the intense beams of light.
The natural display is caused when charged particles from the sun interact with atoms in the upper atmosphere.
‘First there was just a band of light on the horizon but then suddenly there was intense beams of light rippling that looked like curtains, making the show very intense for about 5 minutes before it faded again,’ he said.
Tim Grimsey captured the Aurora Australis in on South Arm Peninsula near Hobart, Tasmania, on April 10.
‘I was stunned as it was the first time I saw the Aurora in Victoria.
‘It was much better than expected.’
The Bureau of Meteorology predicted the event could continue into Saturday night, with ‘geomagnetic activity expected to be unsettled’.
‘If this geomagnetic activity occurs, auroras may be visible for southernmost Australian regions, including Tasmania and the coastline of Victoria during local nighttime hours,’ the Bureau stated.
The Bureau of Meterology predicted the event could continue into Saturday night, with ‘geomagnetic activity expected to be unsettled’.
Mr Pokornyi said the display was ‘very spectacular’ and said the intense beams of light rippling looked like curtains