In Scotland they look like this
It was on the night of sunday to monday , when, with a clear sky as could be, the northern lights were seen even in oxfordshire , just 95 kilometers from London . "A fortunate combination of conditions in the lower atmosphere and in space allowed the aurora to be visible in parts of the country," Amanda Townsend, a space weather specialist at the UK's National Weather Service, told the Metro.
The Northern Lights originate from solar flares powerful enough to travel the distance in a couple of days between the earth and the sun . When they reach their destination, they crash into the magnetic field that surrounds our planet and slide down to the poles, where this field is weakest, explained Miguel Gilarte , president of the Astronomical Association of Spain , to the newspaper 20 minutes .
"From time to time, solar winds are stronger than normal , with particles that circulate at a higher speed and, on this occasion, it connected very well with the Earth's magnetic field," he says. Townsend . Hence, the auroras were not only seen at the poles and traveled to latitudes near the equator.
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