Northern Lights to be seen over Scotland this weekend as solar spectacle hits UK
dailyrecord.co.ukThe spectacular Northern Lights are expected to be visible in Scotland this evening (May 10) as forecasters predict the solar show will be on full display.Coronal mass ejections (CME) are expulsions of plasma from the sun that cause Northern Lights over Earth.
In the last few days, the Met Office Space Weather forecast reports several CMEs have been spotted leaving the surface of the Sun and are expected to hit the Earth in the coming hours.These CMEs are set to kickstart the aurora borealis - also known as the Northern Lights - which will be "visible to all parts of the UK" by this evening.Forecasters have said this stunning light show will continue into Saturday, May 11 and even well into the morning of Sunday, May 12.
Due to this, there is "potential for further Earth directed CMEs in the coming days" - meaning we could even see more light shows by next week.The Northern Lights are a beautiful spectacle and are caused when energised particles leave the Sun and hit the globe's upper atmosphere at major speeds.
According to Royal Museums Greenwich, these particles tend to be deflected away but when they are trapped, they head north and south depending on their magnetic field.
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