Northern Lights may be visible in the sky tonight

The Met Office have Tweeted that the Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, may be visible in the sky tonight (October 7).

Although the best view will be for those people living in the Midlands, North Wales and everywhere north of these locations, the chances of seeing the display in the south, east and south west of the country has not be ruled out.

There is a chance you could see the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) in the UK tonight.
— Met Office (@metoffice) October 7, 2015

The Northern Light are actually the result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth’s atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun’s atmosphere. The variations in colour are due to the type of gas particles that are colliding.

If you are lucky enough to catch a glimpse of this natural phenomenon or manage to take any photographs, we would love to see and share them with our other readers.