Aurora could be visible all over Scotland tonight as strongest geomagnetic storm for 20 years to hit Earth
THE Northern Lights last night illuminated the sky with rare sightings across the UK - thanks to a solar storm.Kathleen Cunnea, in Great Horkesley, Essex, said: "It was absolutely stunning to see."
The NOAA said the G5 geomagnetic storm, which is considered extreme and is the strongest level of geomagnetic storm, hitThe cause of this storm is a "large, complex" sunspot cluster and is 17 times the diameter of earth, with the last storm with a G5 rating hitting earth in October 2003, causing power outages inIt alerted operators of power plants and spacecraft in orbit to take precautions, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Aurora displays occur when charged particles collide with gases in the Earth's atmosphere around the magnetic poles.
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