The aurora australis has transformed skies across the country into dazzling hues of pink, green and blue.
The phenomenon, also known as the southern lights, was triggered by a severe geomagnetic storm which hasn't been seen in Australia since 2003.
Tasmania is one of the best places to catch a glimpse of the southern lights and is popular with aurora hunters.
A view of the aurora australis from Princes Park, Carlton, Melbourne.
Island Point Reserve in Western Australia offered a front-row seat to the aurora australis.
Residents gathered at the local hotspot, normally popular for bird watching, to watch the pink and purple lights dance over the reserve.
Red hues were spotted from the sky in Alice Springs.
The colours of the southern lights can vary from green and blue to purple and red.
Hues of pink and green were spotted over Hobart, which made for a spectacular light show for residents.
The severe geomagnetic storm caused the "aurora australis" or southern lights to put on a show over Australia.
The sun emitted plasma and solar flares in four "coronal mass ejections", shooting magnetic particles towards Earth.
As a result, bright auroras lit up the sky in the northern and southern hemisphere.
Another stunning shot from the Aurora at Eaglehawk Neck in Tasmania.
Photographer Seán O Riordan described the scene as "almost an assault on the eyes."
"No saturation or colour adjustments, the clouds even turned red.
"Never seen anything like it before."
The Bureau of Meteorology predicted that the geomagnetic conditions could continue until early tomorrow morning.
If the conditions keep up, bright auroras may be visible in dark and clear locations near Sydney and Perth tonight.
This shot was captured at the Kalgan River near Albany, WA.
The aurora was seen clearly in Wagin, WA, with purple and red lights washing the evening sky.
Another shot of the coloured lights visible over WA.
In South Tasmania, the remains of the aurora were seen in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Photographer Gill Dayton shared these pictures with 9news.com.au, capturing pink beams from the south and east.
Photographer Ryan Shan captured this image from Devonport, Tasmania.
This picture was captured near Bunbury, WA around 5am.
The geomagnetic storm also had some visible effects in the Northern Hemisphere.
In this long exposure photograph, a car drives past and illuminates poplars as the northern lights glow in the night sky above the village of Daillens, Switzerland, early Saturday.
The southern lights have been spotted lighting up the Tasmania nights.
Auroras can occur at any time of year but are most likely to occur during March and September.
This picture was snapped in Richmond, Tasmania.
When charged particles from space hit the earth's atmosphere, they can light up, creating these otherworldly light-shows.
This colourful vista was snapped two weeks ago near Sheffield in the island's north.
To see an aurora, you need a dark night with as little cloud cover as possible.
Bright auroras usually last for 1–3 hours and can usually seen most easily between 10pm and 2am.
The Aurora seen from Coles Bay on the Eastern Coast of the Apple Isle.
With the nights getting longer as Australia heads towards winter, keen photographers will get more opportunity to snap the Southern Lights.
An intense solar storm has the northern lights gracing the skies farther south than usual.
A blast of superhot material from the sun late last week hurled scorching gases known as plasma toward Earth at nearly three million kilometres an hour, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
Earth felt the brunt of the storm Sunday, according to NOAA, with forecasters warning operators of power plants and spacecraft of the potential for disruption.
Auroras were reported across parts of Europe and Asia. In the US, skygazers took in the sights from Wisconsin, Washington state, Colorado, California, New Mexico and even Arizona — mostly a reddish glow instead of the typical green shimmer.