Victoria and David Beckham share snaps of Northern Lights - and they're visible again in the UK tonight
ok.co.ukHusband and wife David and Victoria Beckham both took to their Instagram stories to share beautiful photos of the Northern Lights on Friday 10 May.The couple posted photos of the stunning natural light display, with one image featuring David with his arms outstretched, looking up at the purple and pink streaked sky, and another featuring the stunning night sky with the caption: “This is incredible!” The Northern Lights – also known as aurora borealis – are more commonly spotted in areas such as Alaska, Canada, Iceland and Scandinavia, but on Friday they were clearly visible throughout the UK, with many people taking to social media to post their photos of pink, green and pink lights in the sky.
In case you missed the natural phenomenon, it is expected the lights will also be visible tonight (Saturday 11 May), with the Met Office saying there is a good chance of sightings in Scotland and the north of England, Ireland and Wales, especially if the skies are clear.
The lights are caused when charged particles are shot out from the sun and hit gases in the Earth’s atmosphere, and at the moment the sun is experiencing a severe geomagnetic storm that is sending out solar winds with these particles into the solar system, creating colours when they mix with gases such as oxygen and nitrogen in our atmosphere.
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