Northern Lights visible in Britain for a second night

Britons saw the Northern Lights for a second night in a row after mesmerising images showed the bands of pink, purple and green light in the sky across the UK.

- TOM WATLING

Also known as aurora borealis, the lights were the result of an extreme geomagnetic storm that caused them to be more visible, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The Met Office reported that Friday hosted the highest geomagnetic recording in the UK since 2003. The result, they said, was some “very vivid Aurora sightings”.

Images showed bands of red, purple and lime green illuminating the sky above Arthur’s Seat and Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh.

Further south, over St Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay on the northeast coast of England, locals flocked to the beaches to glimpse the spectacular lights there.