The Southern Lights - or Aurora Australis - over Coomunga on the Lower Eyre Peninsula. Picture: Robert Lang Photography The Southern Lights as they appeared over Jamestown in SA’s Mid-North.

The breathtaking dancing shimmer of the aurora borealis and its counterpart in the southern hemisphere, aurora australis, dazzles those lucky enough to catch a glimpse of Earth’s greatest light ...

The stunning Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights, has lit up the state’s skies but the weather bureau has warned the rare phenomenon could cause power outages and impact communications services.

The geomagnetic storm has turned on another light show, with aurora australis and borealis dancing across the night skies in the southern and northern hemispheres on Saturday evening.