People share sightings of the aurora borealis, with reports from as far south as Cornwall, and the spectacle is expected to repeat on Monday night
Shimmering greens, purples and pinks of the northern lights appeared in the night sky across Britain andThe light spectacle, also known as an aurora, is usually most visible near the Earth’s magnetic north and south poles when high-speed electrically charged particles from space collide with gas molecules in Earth’s upper atmosphere.
Dozens of spectators shared their sightings across social media on Sunday, with some reporting seeing the spectacle as far south as Cornwall. A coronal hole high speed stream arrived this evening combined with a rather fast coronal mass ejection leading to
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