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A COMMUNICATION from the Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Canberra, published on p. 746, refers to an auroral display observed in Australia on January 22, and the solar eruptions and magnetic storms associated with it and with the brilliant display in Europe on January 25–26. Mr. John Gregory, writing from 11 Bennett Street, Perth, Western Australia, describes the aurora of January 22 as seen by him between 8.45 p.m. and 10 p.m. from Busselton, situated on the west coast of Western Australia, a few miles north of latitude 34° S. Throughout the display, short-wave reception from London was perfect and there was little interference in the broadcast from Perth. Referring to the suggestion that aurorse are sometimes accompanied by audible sounds, Mr. Gregory remarks: “I have witnessed many dazzling displays of Aurora Borealis on the Canadian prairies, in the stillness of remote farming areas, but was never able to detect sounds that could confidently be associated with the lights. The slight mysterious crackling sounds one might hear during a display could be heard on almost any cold night, even when the aurora was entirely quiescent.”
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Aurora Australis on January 22. Nature 141, 722 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141722a0
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