Northern Lights in rare visit to southern England
Night sky watchers were treated to a rare sighting of the Northern Lights in Devon.Amateur astronomer Luke Farley got the shot that has excited experts on the natural light phenomenon which is usually seen in polar areas.Particles from the flare interact with the Earth's magnetic field, creating the amazing effect."I have an app which measures the magnetic field and it went mad at about 8.15 last night," said Mr Farley.
At the moment the source of these is along the suns equator and pointing directly at the earth which is unusual. On their way to us these charged particles are slowed down by Earth's atmosphere, acting as a natural shield, and collide with gas molecules to give off energy as light. Only very strong CMEs can reach the latitudes of southern Britain, as a result they are rare, but also they have to travel through a thicker atmosphere to get to us resulting in more interaction and colours of light of pink yellow and orange like that seen from last night.Northern Lights at Derwentwater created a stunning display of orange, pink and yellows
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