In October 2024, an intense geomagnetic storm impacted earth, triggering significant auroral displays globally despite the tenacious full moon it coincided with.
From the privileged vantage of lutruwita / Tasmania’s east coast, an unobstructed view out into the southern Pacific met the swirling colours of the southern lights for hours. While it burned away behind the horizon, a different kind of light emerged from the lichen-encrusted rocks that line the bays of the region, biofluorescence. This living light transforms normally drab browns and russets into a cataclysm of hues across the face of the rocks and grasses, with the moon hanging above the hardscape.
