Northern Lights shine over the UK once again

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Image caption, Northern Lights on display in the skies over Great Chart Church, Ashford, Kent

Blues, greens and pinks filled the skies last night as the Northern Lights splashed colour across UK skies once again.

Earlier the Met Office advised people that they may be able to spot the lights, however they thought it might only reach as far south as the Midlands.

However, stunning images were captured across the UK from Scotland to Kent in the south of England.

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Image caption, The Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, were seen at the Angel of the North in Gateshead

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Image caption, Taken in Frieth, Buckinghamshire by a 麻豆官网首页入口 Weather Watchers member

You might be thinking that the UK has seen more of the Northern Lights in 2024 than previously and you wouldn't be wrong.

Met Office spokesman Stephen Dixon said increased UK sightings were helped by the Sun being at the peak of an 11-year "solar cycle".

He said it would still be possible to see the Northern Lights in the UK once the Sun passed the peak, but stargazers should expect a "gradual decline" in visibility.

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Image caption, Northern Lights in the skies over Cromer, Norfolk
Image caption, Check out how colourful the lights were in Yelling, Cambridgeshire
Image caption, This house in Renfrewshire looks like the light is shining directly onto it

The lights are caused by a natural phenomenon.

This is caused by activity on the surface of the Sun, which causes solar storms.

These storms produce clouds of electrically charged particles and some of these eventually reach Earth.

The space weather team explained how it works to 麻豆官网首页入口 Newsround: "Aurora are caused when the Sun鈥檚 energy and particles interact with the gases in our atmosphere.

"This typically happens around the polar regions and can result in vibrant colours of blue, purple, green and red being seen in the sky."

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