Outside-in, upside-down

Abelardo Morell travels the world and converts full-size rooms (some spare, some ornately rococo) into immense camera obscura devices. He brings the outside in through a tiny pin-hole, and by the alchemy of optics, the outside is projected quite naturally upside down superimposing and hugging the surfaces of everything in the room. Then, he photographs the resulting “installation” with his 8 x 10 view camera and enlarges the prints to mural size.

Lens Culture photographer interview: Abelardo Morell

Rakiura

The Māori name for Stewart Island, at the south of the South Island, is Rakiura, which means ‘glowing skies’. This may allude to the aurora australis, or simply to the dramatic southern sunsets.

Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Weather in Antarctica

One can only observe auroral displays at the South Pole during the six months from March to September, the rest of year the Pole experiences 24 hours of sunlight.

Antarctic Connection

Deep South Astrophotography

Beautiful Photography of the Southern Lights across the South Island of New Zealand.

Night Sky images by Stephen Voss

Wellington Astronomical Society

The auroral displays created by the sun's energy entering our atmosphere at high speed can sometimes be seen at latitude 41 degrees south. The Australasian Telephone Aurora Alert network is triggered at such times, to enable as many people as possible to see and image the display from their location.

http://www.was.org.nz/01aa.html