#eustorm BT54,UK 3/30 - #Aurora Glenn Miles N Ireland - Beautiful @severeweatherEU #Ireland @StormHour pic.twitter.com/H2z857gO2Y
— EU Storm Map (@EUStormMap) December 21, 2015RUTLAND, England, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, paid a visit to portions of England on Sunday evening.
Amateur sky-watchers captured the light show on film, posting colorful photos to Twitter, Flickr and Facebook.
The aurora wasn't an illusion. AuroraWatch UK -- a "service provided by Space Physicists at Lancaster University," according to its Twitter homepage -- confirmed "minor geomagnetic activity" measurements beginning Saturday night and lasting through Sunday evening.
@aurorawatchuk aurora from Beverley in East Yorkshire this evening. pic.twitter.com/SKSRUT7ASS
— Daniel Britton (@DanielBritton) December 20, 2015The aurora was heavy on green light, with flourishes of violet.
"They are caused by charged particles emitted by the sun colliding with atoms in the earth's atmosphere -- different gases create the range of colors," the BBC explained.
Geomagnetic storm in progress. Many sightings of #aurora reported, as far south as Rutland (England).
— AuroraWatch UK (@aurorawatchuk) December 20, 2015The show was mostly relegated to the north of England, as well as Scotland and Ireland, but was spotted as far south as Rutland.
Spotted the #aurora from my narrowboat in the midlands this evening! #aurora #Auroraborealis #NorthernLights #UK pic.twitter.com/K902XQ7tvT
— Theo Gove-Humphries (@FilmmakerTheo) December 21, 2015#aurora seen from #Scarborough tonight. @Scarborough_UK @YorksCoastRadio @ScarboroughUK pic.twitter.com/1BrgHgfyIH
— ADMPhotography (@Andy_McCauley) December 20, 2015
