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Parts of the UK were treated to the light show for the second night in a row after they appeared on Tuesday night across the country. With a solar storm strengthening, they were even seen in many parts in Dorset. (Image: Jenna Scott) The northern lights known as Aurora Borealis, appeared as large areas of colour including pale green, pink, shades of red, yellow, blue and violet in the direction due north.
(Image: Credit: Drones and Phones Photography, Dorset Camera Club) (Image: Credit: Andrew Wells Photography, Dorset Camera Club) The Northern Lights are best seen away from any light pollution. The lights generally extend from 50 miles to as high as 400 miles above the earth's surface. In recent months, the Northern Lights have been seen several times across the UK.
This is because the sun is currently undergoing its solar maximum, the peak of its 11-year cycle of activity. (Image: Credit: Julia Rosser, Dorset Camera Club) A resident from Bournemouth, Karina Vizcaya, drove with her husband to Horton to see the spectacle. She saw the lights around 9.
45 pm. Karina said they were very lucky to experience this and see the beautiful northern lights together. (Image: Karina, submitted) She has been a regular observer of the Northern Lights over the years.
She said: “We went up there and we had to do a little bit of walking and, it's not the first time I've seen them. I went to saw them in May last year. "We had the amazing Aurora last year, but we went to the Knowlton Church and it was so busy, so we decided to find somewhere a little bit quieter.
" She added: “We have been very lucky to see the lights as we've got a lot more now.” (Image: Horton, Credit: Karina, submitted) The Met Office said: “This is a very rare occurrence. During more moderate to strong geomagnetic storms (Kp6-7), the Aurora Borealis often moves southwards across southern Iceland or towards the Faeroes.
“These auroras can be faintly visible from the UK because they occur at high altitudes.” The Northern Lights occur as a consequence of solar activity and result from collisions of charged particles in the solar wind colliding with molecules in the earth's upper atmosphere..
