Aurora puts on a mesmerising display - and are visible as far down Britain as ...
The Southern Lights! Aurora puts on a mesmerising display – and are visible as far down Britain as Devon Britons were left astounded on Wednesday ad the Northern Lights were visible as far south as Devon The eye-catching green aurora was visible across parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England A solar flare was spotted heading to Earth, leaving the Sun on November 2, and was visible on Wednesday The stunning light displays are normally limited to high-latitude regions around the Artic and the Antarctic Have YOU taken a shot of the Northern Lights tonight? Send them to [email protected]
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Britons were left astounded on Wednesday night as the Northern Lights put on a mesmerising display and lit up the night skies as far south as Devon.
The stunning aurora saw streaks of green light glowing across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland and northerly parts of Wales and England after a solar flare was spotted heading to Earth.
According to the Met Office, a coronal mass ejection (CME) was seen leaving the Sun on November 2, and it reached Earth on Wednesday evening.
When charged particles from the Sun meet the Earth's magnetosphere, it generates a geomagnetic storm
