The Northern Lights have been seen as far south as Milton Keynes in England and the Brecon Beacons in Wales on Sunday evening (23 April), prompting a ‘pink’ aurora borealis alert to be issued within the early hours of this morning (Monday, 24 April) Was.
Normally seen solely in Scotland and additional north, the phenomenon is attributable to charged particles within the photo voltaic wind colliding with molecules in Earth’s higher environment. They seem as giant areas of dancing colour – together with pale inexperienced, pink, pink, yellow, blue and violet.
The Met Workplace says “this unbelievable phenomenon can generally be seen within the evening sky over Britain”.
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The Met Workplace says “this unbelievable phenomenon can generally be seen within the evening sky over Britain”.
And final evening was one such evening, in line with experiences from throughout the UK. Within the early hours of this morning (Monday, 24 April) Lancaster College’s Aurorawatch UK issued an ‘Amber Alert’ on Twitter.
The alert issued at 12.51 minutes stated that there’s a ‘risk’ of seeing the Northern Lights. Nonetheless, the AuroraWatch UK web site exhibits that since late Sunday, experiences of sightings have been coming in from throughout England and Wales.
The sighting was ‘confirmed’ on the web site as far south because the Brecon Beacons in Wales. and, on Twitter, Darren Foster stated it was “showing as far south as Milton Keynes earlier than”.
The Met Workplace says: “One of the best circumstances for viewing the sunshine are when the sky is darkish and away from clouds. Clouds ultimately block the view of the sunshine.
“Ideally, the sunshine can be considered away from any gentle air pollution, in distant areas, going through the northern horizon – north-facing coasts produce among the finest viewing spots.
“The northern lights are most lively in the course of the equinoxes and solstices in March/April and September/October.”