the Northern Lights are visible over the UK on Wednesday night. Although nature's ethereal light show is typically associated with those icy-cold locations close to the north pole, increased and unexpectedly strong solar activity may see parts of Britain witness this dazzling sight.The sun has unleashed its biggest solar flare in three years marking the latest active phase of the next solar cycle.
And the strength of this particular outburst could produce northern lights at low latitudes - and as far south as Scotland and Northern England.Affects of the flare - known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) - are thrown out in a giant cloud of gas and magnetic fields and are likely to collide with Earth late on Wednesday or on Thursday.And the.
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