How an award-winning photographer snapped his dream aurora photo

After two years of failed attempts and frustrating forecasts, a single gut feeling finally led Sean Kinchela to the shot he'd been dreaming of.

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On Wednesday, November 12, aurora alerts led Mr Kinchela to the rocky coastline of Bermagui, where the award-winning photographer from NSW's Far South Coast captured a breathtaking image.

Mr Kinchela told ACM's Bega District News that he had been monitoring aurora notifications for the past week and had kept an eye on the solar flares.

It was a high-stakes gamble: wait for a predicted "second wave" of solar activity at midnight, or race to the coast at 7pm and hope the fleeting aurora would ho

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