Otago Museum director Ian Griffin captured quite the light show from Hoopers Inlet. If seeing the Southern Lights is on your bucket list, 2021 is shaping up to be a good year to tick it off, promising brighter displays than we've seen in some time. Otago Museum director and astronomer Dr Ian Griffin captured a timelapse video of a “rather pretty display” of the Aurora Australis on Saturday night from his favourite viewpoint at isolated Hoopers Inlet on the Otago Peninsula. Ian Griffin/Otago Museum Hoopers Inlet on the souther coast of the Otago Peninsula is astronomer Ian Griffin’s favourite local spot for aurora hunting.