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Northern Lights Dazzle West Midlands Residents in Spectacular Display
Scientists said solar activity reached 600nT on Saturday, making the aurora visible across the UK, including unusually far south.
- On Friday and Saturday, the Aurora Borealis illuminated skies across the UK, extending as far south as Devon, Hampshire, and Kent—a rare occurrence for southern regions.
- Powerful solar eruptions known as coronal mass ejections from the Sun released charged particles that interacted with Earth's magnetic field and atmospheric gases, producing the vivid display.
- Geomagnetic activity reached 600 nanoteslas on Saturday evening, a rare intensity that allowed visibility across the entire UK; typically 200nT limits sightings to northern regions.
- Viewers should look northwards away from streetlights and use mobile phone cameras to reveal colours, as human rod cells in low-light conditions perceive limited colour in the Northern Lights.
- Krista Hammond, a manager at the Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre, noted solar activity varies over an 11-year cycle, adding "we can expect to see an increase in the frequency" of aurora events.
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Northern Lights dazzle West Midlands residents in spectacular display
You may be able to catch them again during clear skies until Tuesday
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