Night blanket over Oceania, aurora faintly visible

The Sun sits below the horizon over Australia and New Zealand, casting the southern hemisphere into night. This positions the terminator across the Pacific Ocean, with the sun's rays illuminating distant cloud bands.

Mid-level cloud formations dominate the region, with scattered thunderstorms developing in the tropics. A strong jet stream is pulling moisture westward, creating a large-scale weather pattern across the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Aurora activity is faintly visible over Antarctica, triggered by solar wind from recent geomagnetic storms. The Moon is in a waning crescent phase, appearing low in the eastern sky near the horizon.