The Northern Lights might be visible in Leeds and northern parts of the UK again tonight after the rare phenomenon was spotted across the country overnight.
Also known as aurora borealis, the bands of pink and green light were seen across Leeds and the UK after an “extreme” geomagnetic storm caused them to be more visible, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . Chris Snell, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said there were sightings “from top to tail across the country”.
The cause of this storm was a “large, complex” sunspot cluster, 17 times the diameter of the Earth, according to the NOAA. The last storm with a G5 rating hit Earth more than 20 years ago in October 2003 and caused power outages in Sweden, Professor Carole Haswell told the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme on Saturday morning.
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