Conditions need to be ideal for the aurora to be viewed in parts of England - so getting a chance to see them is very rare
A red alert status has been by Aurora experts, who have shared that the Northern Lights is 'likely' to be visible in UK skies again this evening . The Met Office has also announced where people might be able to catch them as the amazing phenomenon could return.
Coronal mass ejections are are large explosions of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun's outermost atmosphere. The Met Office added it observed two strong flares, The Mirror has reported. It comes as experts at AuroraWatch UK - run by scientists in the Space and Planetary Physics group at Lancaster University’s Department of Physics - have issued a red alert, as of just after 7pm on May 17. AuroraWatch UK produces an hourly activity index to measure “geomagnetic activity” which we use to estimate the likelihood that aurora can be seen from the UK.
The natural aurora belt occurs around Norway, Iceland and Greenland meaning it takes a severe or extreme geomagnetic storm to bring the belt southwards directly over the UK. This makes it an incredibly rare occurrence.
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