Fabulous photos have been taken of the aurora borealis – Northern Lights – over Thanet last night and into the early hours of this morning (October 11).
The northern lights (also known as aurora borealis) appear as large areas of colour including pale green, pink, shades of red, yellow, blue and violet in the direction due north.
During a weak aurora, the colours are very faint and spread out whereas an intense aurora features greater numbers of and brighter colours which can be seen higher in the sky with a distinct arc.
The northern lights are best seen in darkness, away from any light pollution.
The northern lights occur as a consequence of solar activity and result from collisions of charged particles in the solar wind colliding with molecules in the Earth’s upper atmosphere.
Northern Lights information source Met Office
Look a lot like the lights from Thanet earth 🌎 if you ask me !
Or the After Dark game screensavers from the 1990’s.
Was going to say the same it’s Thanet Earth we see it every night it’s cloudy.
Second most light polluting place in the UK I heard.
Fantastic photo Becca 👍 Suggest put it on Shutterstock, might make you a few quid!
When I was little I assumed the Northern Lights were in Blackpool!
Great pics.
Some of these are genuine Northern Lights, but the one taken from the Margate Steps back across the Sands in the direction of Arlington Tower is South West towards Thanet Earth and certainly not North.
Agree that Steve Collis photo looks like the view I have nearly every night. As you say it’s clearly thanet earth