Auroras and Night Scapes

Shots of the southern stars and the Aurora Australis or Southern Lights, these are the southern hemisphere equivalent of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights.
Taken during the Antarctic winter in the general vicinity of McMurdo Station and Scott Base.

Aurora over Hillary Field Center Scott Base
McMurdo Staion (left) and Scott Base (right) as seen from the Ross Ice Shelf. Mt Erebus is in the Background.
McMurdo Station Scott Base Ross Island Mount Erebus Ice Shelf Antarctica Anthony Powell
Star trails, looking straight up over about 2 hours the movement of the stars create an overhead circular pattern. The green bits in the sky are from some auroras that passed though the shot.
Aurora Australis northern lights southern Anthony Powell Antarctica Black Island McMurdo station Scott south pole Base Microwave radio satellite star trail
Mount Erebus at night, the world's southernmost active volcano.
Mount Erebus Antarctica Ross Island South Pole Volcano lava eruption Scott Base McMurdo Station Anthony Powell
Aurora Australis over the Hillary Field Center at Scott Base, Antarctica
Southern Northern Lights aurora Antarctica Stars Scott Base McMurdo Station South Pole cold snow ice night winter Ed Hillary Anthony Powell Antz
Black Island Station Aurora
Vince's Memorial Cross, Hut Point, Ross Island, Antarctica. Aurora Australis in the background. The snow is being lit up from the lights of McMurdo Station.
Vince Memorial Cross Hut Point Ross Island Antarctica Aurora Australis McMurdo Station Ice Anthony Powell
Aurora at the Black Island Satellite Station
Aurora australis southern northern lights antarctica black island
Aurora over a fishing hut at Scott Base on a winter evening
Southern Northern Lights dome aurora Antarctica Stars Scott Base McMurdo Station South Pole cold snow ice night winter Anthony Powell Antz
Aurora Over Scott Base Antarctica. The Moon is rising over White Island to the South East.
Southern Northern Lights dome aurora Antarctica Stars Scott Base McMurdo Station South Pole cold snow ice night winter Ed Hillary Anthony Powell Antz Moon White Island
Aurora over Scott Base, Antarctica. A fog bank is rolling in from the South.
fog Southern Northern Lights aurora australis borealis Antarctica Stars Scott Base McMurdo Station South Pole cold snow ice night winter Black Island Anthony Powell Antz
Black Island station at 11.15am in the morning in July.
Black Island Southern Northern Lights aurora Antarctica Stars Scott Base McMurdo Station South Pole cold snow ice night winter Anthony Powell Antz
Two Pisten Bully vehicles traversing across the Ice Shelf from Black Island back to McMurdo in foggy conditions with an aurora overhead turning the lighting green. Temperatures were approx -55 C out on the ice shelf this day, so I only managed one or two photos before the camera froze.
green pisten bully Southern Northern Lights aurora Antarctica Stars Scott Base McMurdo Station South Pole cold snow ice night winter Anthony Powell Antz
Looking north behind McMurdo Station, an aurora hangs in the sky above the dome that houses the NASA satellite ground station on the ridge.
nasa Southern Northern Lights aurora Antarctica Stars Scott Base McMurdo Station South Pole cold snow ice night winter Anthony Powell Antz
Aurora over one of the dormitory buildings at McMurdo Station.
Southern Northern Lights aurora Antarctica Stars Scott Base McMurdo Station South Pole cold snow ice night winter Anthony Powell Antz
Bust of Admiral Bird, first person to fly to the South Pole.
admiral bird Southern Northern Lights aurora Antarctica Stars Scott Base McMurdo Station South Pole cold snow ice night winter Anthony Powell Antz
Satellite Dome lit up from within, with an aurora trailing across the horizon in the distance
Aurora Australis northern lights southern Anthony Powell Antarctica Black Island McMurdo station Scott south pole Base
Aurora Australis during a winter afternoon at Black Island, Antarctica.
Southern Northern Lights dome aurora australis borealis Antarctica Stars Scott Base McMurdo Station South Pole cold snow ice night winter Black Island Anthony Powell Antz
Milky Way over Black Island Satellite Station
Aurora Australis northern lights southern Anthony Powell Antarctica Black Island McMurdo station Scott south pole Base Microwave radio satellite stars milky way
Looking North from Black Island towards Mount Erebus. The lights of McMurdo Station and Scott Base in the foreground. If you zoom in on the summit of Mount Erebus, you can see a red glow from the lava in the crater.
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Aurora over the Hillary Field Center at Scott Base Antarctica.
Southern Northern Lights dome aurora Antarctica Stars Scott Base McMurdo Station South Pole cold snow ice night winter Ed Hillary Anthony Powell Antz
Aurora Australis at T-Site, near McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Southern Northern Lights dome aurora Antarctica Stars Scott Base McMurdo Station South Pole cold snow ice night winter Antz Anthony Powell
McMurdo Station and Mount Erebus in winter.
McMurdo Moonlit
Aurora Australis over Black Island
Aurora Wide
Moon and Auroras over Ross Island as seen from Black Island. The lights of McMurdo, Scott Base, and some vehicles from the bases can be seen in front of Mount Erebus.
Ross Aurora Moon
The stars above Castle Rock in winter.
Castle Rock Stars
Stacked time-lapse images to show how the stars move in an overhead circle at the Poles.
Startrails Tower
Black Island Satellite Station. Long exposure shot during the Antarctic winter.
Black Island Antarctica stars satellite anthony powell ice cold south pole
Milky Way over Black Island
Milky Way Black Island
Aurora Hangar Twilight Pano
Flagpole Aurora
Light Returns Pano
Scott Base Winter Pano
Galaxy Southern Cross Pano
Antz Pouwhenua Aurora
TAE Aurora North
Fisheye Aurora RWAV
TAE Aurora
Aurora from Crater Hill
Fisheye Aurora
Erebus Aurora Pano
Erebus Aurora Panorama
Erebus Auroras
Aurora HFC Pano
Shot of the Southern Sky during winter. The small streaks in the picture are satellites moving across the sky.
milky way galaxy star stars sky southern hemisphere Anthony Powell Antarctica Antz

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