This is my first time photographing the Milky Way and also the Aurora Australis aka Southern Lights. Never before did I photograph either one of them.
I always procrastinated going to some dark sky spots to do some astrophotography but this time when me and my friends went for a small getaway trip to a remote place for other reasons and all the things fell into the right place. Moon still in its infant stages, a strong geomagnetic storm hitting the earth, the milky way is already above the horizon and most importantly, clear cloudless skies.

Nikon Z50, 16mm, f/3.5, 10sec, ISO 12800, EXP 2, no flash

Four star images stacked using Sequator.