Photographers share their joy after skies were lit up green, pink and yellow by the aurora borealis.
By Samantha JaggerSkies gleamed pink, green and yellow as the aurora borealis illuminated parts of northern England.
The natural phenomenon was captured by photographers in the Lake District and in Northumberland on Tuesday evening. The aurora appears when atoms in the Earth's high-altitude atmosphere collide with energetic charged particles from the Sun, creating light.Image source,Leah Hennessey waited by Ashness Jetty, near Keswick, to see the Milky Way but was diverted to snapping the Northern Lights when she saw the lights.Image source,Mark Hetherington said he was thrilled to have seen the Northern Lights near Haweswater Reservoir, Cumbria"What a night," he said.
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