Australians have been dazzled as an unusually spectacular aurora australis took over the skies on Tuesday night.

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Astrophysicist at Swinburne University, Dr Sara Webb told Ross and Russel, “We’ve had more solar activity where Melbourne has been treated to a handful of Aurora where people have been able to go out to dark skies and see it and take photos of it.”

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