• 2 months ago
The strongest and most widespread display of the northern lights were seen in UK skies since May were on show last night.

The northern lights, also known as aurora borealis appears as large colours which includes pale green, pink, shades of red, yellow, blue and violet.

According to the Met Office, the northern lights are created as a result of solar activity, where collisions of charged particles in the solar wind collide with molecules in the Earth's upper atmosphere.
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