AURORA
Australus (Southern Lights) as observed from Gansbaai in the Western Cape on Friday night when a historic solar storm impacted Earth at the weekend. A geomagnetic storm occurs when charged particles from the Sun, caused by a coronal mass ejection (CME), interact with the Earth’s magnetic field. The impact of such a storm is mostly on technological systems, however, it is also the origin of the northern and southern lights. There were several reports of Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights being visible over the Southern tip of Africa.