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Guest on 26/02/2011 8:43am
we are in whitianga, clear night sky but massive light show out to the east
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Brendan Pratt on 26/02/2011 8:14am
Really good thunder storm in Te Puke. Moving off now, have a few photo, will up load soon.
Cheers
Brendan
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