Solar Flare 2025 Aurora Australis. Set your aperture as wide as possible (f/1.4 to f/2.8). Nasa's solar dynamics observatory captured a solar flare, as seen in the bright flash in the lower right, on may 9, 2025.
People look at the aurora australis, also known as the southern lights, in rolleston on may 11, 2025. Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis.