Episode 2 of Strength from Stardust: Aotearoa Edition with Susan Bernard and Victoria Anderson-Gardner. 

In this episode we share our experience viewing the night sky from Aotearoa and the difference between the sky we know over Turtle Island. Listen to us talk about the southern lights, the moon, lunar calendars, and the reason why celestial objects are flipped here.

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Sue: @susanhmaria

Tori: @goforvictoria

Strength from Stardust: @strengthfromstardust

Show notes:

Podcast transcribed, edited and produced by Victoria Anderson-Gardner.

Podcast logo design: Victoria Anderson-Gardner.

Matariki Calendar Explained: https://youtu.be/ZiNdmSGvQLU?si=iFlQqTAMmSd1woN5
Moon: https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/maori/matariki-maori-new-year/nights-maramataka-maori-lunar
Southern Lights: https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2015/04/the-southern-lights-in-indigenous-oral-traditions#:~:text=The%20Maori%20of%20Aotearoa%2FNew,they%20will%20one%20day%20return.
Solar Maximum https://www.space.com/sun-magnetic-field-flip-solar-maximum-2024
Aurora Colors: https://www.space.com/aurora-colors-explained
How are Aurora’s formed? https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/nmp/st5/SCIENCE/aurora.html#:~:text=Auroras%20are%20brilliant%20ribbons%20of,ejections%20(ejected%20gas%20bubbles)
How to pronounce  ‘Whānau Mārama https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/10065