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Southern Nights: The science and beauty of Aurora Australis
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Social Gallery
67 Salamanca Place, Hobart TAS 7000, Australia
An immersive exploration revealing Lutruwita/Tasmania's unique connection to the southern lights. This powerful visual journey, created during the 2025 solar maximum, showcases award-winning photography by Luke Tscharke, Andrew Phipps, Benjamin Alldridge, and Paul Hoelen. The images capture one of nature's most elusive and sought-after phenomena, the aurora australis, as it illuminates Tasmania's night skies.
Visitors will experience the southern lights through stunning photographic works paired with accessible scientific insights, revealing how Tasmania's position makes it Australia's best aurora viewing location. Interactive elements include a live aurora dashboard displaying real-time solar conditions and time-lapse sequences showing aurora movement patterns.
Presented as part of National Science Week 2025, this exhibition brings together artistic vision and scientific understanding during Solar Cycle 25's peak. "Southern Nights" celebrates our privileged Southern Hemisphere vantage point, where looking south across Tasmania's distinctive landscapes reveals these magnificent nocturnal displays that have captivated sky-watchers for generations.
The exhibition will be on show at Social Gallery from 9 - 18 August, 10am - 5pm, and is supported by Inspiring Australia Tasmania and Dark Sky Tasmania.
Please note that this is a free event, no bookings are required.
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SOCIAL is Salamanca Arts Centre’s newest ground-floor venue—a light-filled, wheelchair-accessible space designed for experimental exhibitions, workshops, and performances, inviting artists and audiences to engage in creative play and cultural exchange.
