On Monday night, if you had looked up at the sky at the right time, you would have witnessed a stunning celestial display.
The Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, put on a spectacular show for Sheldon Gould and his family in Gladstone.
Gould noted that his seven-year-old son is keenly interested in the Northern Lights. They have been tracking when the sky will light up the brightest through social media pages and various apps.
"We were just getting ready to put our kids to bed, and I got looking at it, and the chances kept going up and up, and we weren't going to go out, and then I looked at it one more time before everybody went to bed and the chances went up quite a bit. "
He thought he would take a chance and look out his deck window, hoping to see the night sky lit up.
"I happened to look out there, and you could see them with the naked eye. You haven't been able to see them that strong for a while now. I decided to jump in the truck, get out of town and go a few miles north of Gladstone. So, we jumped in the truck and went out, and sure enough, you could see them. We went out around nine o'clock, and there were quite a few colours in them at that time. We were out until about 11:00 p.m., but the brightest part with lots of colours lasted 20 minutes. We got out just in time to see the decent ones."
Gould said that he has become an amateur weather enthusiast over the years. While keeping tabs on the tragic hurricane season down south, he was happy to take his mind off that with the beautiful light show provided by the Aurora Borealis that night.
"We're kind of storm chasers, so we are always following what's going on in the sky," chuckled Gould.