Skywatchers could catch a glimpse of the stunning aurora borealis this evening.
A rare 'red alert' has been issued in areas of Scotland for the Northern Lights.
According to the Aurora Watch UK, a red alert means, "it is likely that aurora will be visible by eye and camera from anywhere in the UK". The aurora borealis is caused by particles from the sun colliding with gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. It usually happens around the North Pole, when the solar wind reacts to the Earth’s magnetic field. The most impressive auroras occur when the Sun emits really large clouds of particles, called coronal mass ejections.
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