Aurora Australis, Stars, Clouds and Moonlight

From the photographer: “It was a battle to catch the southern lights (Kp ~3.5) with intermittent cloud. But luck was on my side that night and the waning gibbous moonrise provided pleasing foreground illumination.”

Technical details: Single-exposure, Canon 5D MkII, 14mm f/2.8, ISO-3200, 25s exposure