Capes residents stunned as biggest Aurora Australis solar storm in decades lights up the sky for stargazers
![The Aurora Australis as seen from Deepdene Beach on Saturday.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/C-14681760/c90874212ab51603fa44659c2783f3ab6d43b5bd-16x9-x0y526w5052h2842.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
Stargazers across the Capes region were stunned at the weekend as the night sky was lit up by the bright colours of the Aurora Australis.
The announcement of a “severe geomagnetic storm watch” from the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Centre had onlookers across the country out in droves to catch a glimpse of the southern lights.
With this being the biggest solar storm in two decades, stargazers were dazzled by a light show that was visible even to the naked eye.
Jake Bacchus sent the Times pictures of the natural phenomenon as seen from Deepdene Beach on Saturday.
![The Aurora Australis on Saturday as seen from Deepdene Beach](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/C-14681760/507338a208db61e2e2bac235699bf18933a494d2.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
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