Aurora over Scotland
The aurora borealis was visible as far south as Oxfordshire as skies cleared, painting the night sky with shades of green, purple and blue on Sunday evening.
The ethereal spectacle is caused by charged solar particles interacting with the Earth's magnetic field and is usually only visible in the far north of Scotland.
Aurora over Scotland
A "lucky combination" of conditions in the lower atmosphere and in space meant the aurora was visible across swathes of the country, Met Office space weather adviser Amanda Townsend said.
Comment: Oooh! How lucky! Isn't it LOVELY! Be sure to completely ignore the implications of a phenomenon normally seen over the Arctic appearing in Southern England. Are we soon to expect trite media articles about the splendor of icebergs, complete with polar bears, floating down the Thames?! Oh look! how lovely and lucky we are to see polar bears on the Thames! Now we don't have to go to the zoo! {{triple facepalm}}