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The island also offers a front-row seat to the southern lights and countless constellations.
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Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 5 Feb. 2025
The eclipse will occur toward the end of the southern lights (aurora australis) season.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 26 Jan. 2025
This creates the stunning displays known as the northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, in the Northern Hemisphere, and the southern lights, or Aurora Australis, in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2025
This photograph of the southern lights, or aurora australis, was taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station as the orbital lab was some 266 miles (428 km) above and due south of Australia's island state of Tasmania.
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Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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1773, in the meaning defined above
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“Southern lights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southern%20lights. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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