Photographer James Garlick is one such person and has been chasing aurora for around four years.
"What got me hooked was one particular night in 2012 a friend contacted me and said 'apparently there's an aurora that's gonna happen really soon, so do you wanna come check it out?'," he says.
"We headed down to South Arm and we got out of the car, set up our cameras, looked up at the sky and basically couldn't believe what we were seeing.
"The night sky just filled with light and um it just moved across the sky and it was nothing that I had ever seen before."
James is part of a Facebook group which is full of "aurora nerds" who share information about locations, forecasts and data that may help other aurora chasers find that magical sight.
Also known by many as a polar light, an aurora is a naturally forming display of lights which are created by a unique combination of weather elements.
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"So, an aurora occurs when energy from the sun, in the form of solar wind, reaches the earth, is funneled down through our poles, makes contact with the various gases in our atmosphere which produce the amazing colours and - if it isn't raining, if it's nighttime - we get an aurora," says author Margaret Sonneman.
"In the southern hemisphere Tasmania's got a front row seat, being closer to the south pole, and Antarctica obviously - gonna have a great view of an aurora.
"If it's a really powerful event we'll also be able to see it on the mainland, and that's great news for Tasmania because it means we'll be having a naked eye aurora - no photography needed to view all those fantasic colours."
Margaret saw her first aurora 20 years ago and since then, she's been staying tuned to information about the next one might occur adding that social media has become "the perfect vehicle for this".
"I think one of the most wonderful things about the aurora - watching, aurora chasing - is that you don't have to be a professional," she says.
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"You don't have to be a photographer, you don't have to be a scientist - you can just be somebody who wants to get out there and just see it.
"When I see an aurora, I'm, I'm a screamer. It's just this sensation of joy - it's just pure joy. And I think it's the incredible beauty - the silent movement of it - it's really like nothing else.
"I am absolutely sure I will never grow bored of watching auroras - no two are alike and you never know what's going to happen."
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