Lovely Aurora
First Dog on the Moon
In May the Aurora Australis lit up the night sky with spectacular shimmering curtains of colour that were visible in Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the geomagnetic storm was the strongest in more than 20 years. After waxing lyrical about the beauty of the aurora, First Dog on the Moon brings readers rudely back to earth with his poignant final sentence.
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