According to scientists, 2024 is set to bring the best displays of the aurora borealis in lower polar regions and further south into Europe
The tree at Sycamore Gap, at Hadrian’s Wall, with the Northern Lights showing behind, in September 2023 could be visible again for a second night tonight , following sightings of the colourful light show over the weekend.shared on Sunday, the Met Office forecast that the Northern Lights might make an appearance due to “a combination of fast solar winds and the recent arrival of a coronal mass ejection from the sun”.
While most of the particles are deflected away, some become “captured” in the earth’s magnetic field, which is why most aurora activity is concentrated at the magnetic poles. The aurora can be seen near the poles of both the northern and southern hemisphere, with the southern appearances known as the aurora australis., Europe’s largest indigenous group, believed that the Northern Lights were the souls of the dead and considered them a bad omen.
The best places to see the Northern Lights are in dark sky areas away from the bright lights of the city.
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