Spirals of blue light in the New Zealand night sky leave stargazers ‘ going nuts’

Spirals of blue light in New Zealand night sky leave stargazers going nuts

New Zealand stargazers were left perplexed and awed by odd, spiralling light arrangements in the night sky on Sunday night. Around 7.25 pm, Alasdair Burns, a stargazing guide on Stewart Island/Rakiura, got a text from a companion: head outside and check the sky out. “When we headed outside, it was hard to miss what he was alluding to,” Burns said. He saw an immense, blue winding of light amid the haziness. “It seemed to be a tremendous winding world, simply draping there overhead and gradually floating across,” Burns said. “A…