Pictures shared by MailOnline readers from last night's light show revealed large swathes of the country from Teesside to the Isle of Wight draped in a spectacular fluorescent hue.
The Northern Lights might be visible in northern parts of the UK again on Saturday after the rare phenomenon was spotted across the country overnight.
However, you'll need need to prepare to lose a few winks of sleep as they will likely only be able to be seen from around 10.30pm or 11pm 'when it gets really dark'. Chris Snell, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said there were sightings 'from top to tail across the country'. 'Also, at this time of year, we are fighting the shorter length of nights, so it is unlikely that they will be visible until around 10.30pm or 11 o'clock when it gets really dark.'
KENT: Jane Charman snapped this beautiful shot of an eighteenth century gastro pub opposite her 17th century barn in the village of Matfield in Kent DARTMOOR: Cameron Grankish snapped this extraordinary pic of the light over Bowerman's Nose, Dartmoor ESSEX: Avril and John Jones are seen enjoying the light show outside their house in Billericay, Essex
Prof Haswell, head of astronomy at the Open University, said: 'A lot of the satellites communicate using radio signals and all of these charged particles speeding around disrupt radio signals, particularly GPS which is used by planes can be disrupted so it can cause navigation problems, it can cause outages with satellites, it can bring down power systems.
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