For many, the Northern Lights put on their best show ever last night, with green and red dancing lights putting on a display.
People looked to the north last night – and were in for a treat, from about 8.30pm.
Ewan Miles on Mull caught the lights, “dancing the night away” and shared a time-lapse video of the green and red lights in all their glory.
Dancing the night away 🤩 😮 💚 💜 💚 💜
A truly stunning solar storm from the Isle of #Mull last night! #Auroraborealis #NorthernLights
🎥 Ewan Miles (26th – 27th Feb 2023@BBCScotlandNews @bbcweather @BBCNews @pressjournal @VisitScotland @aurorawatchuk @BBCNews @ScotlandTBP pic.twitter.com/aWNE8rkGIg
— Ewan Miles | Nature Scotland (@Nature_Scotland) February 27, 2023
And, the pictures that people are sharing are simply incredible.
Visible to the naked eye – with phone cameras as well as professional photographers capturing the scene from some of Scotland’s most iconic places.
In the rural Highlands people described “the busiest night of the year” with people rushing to dark areas to capture the “once in a lifetime experience”.
While it is not the first time this year the Mirrie Dancer lit up the sky, many described last night’s show as the “best in decades”.
The electromagnetic forecast for tonight, Monday, is that there may be another forecast tonight.
The Isle of Skye Distillers described it as “like something out of Star Wars”.
What are the Northern Lights?
Aurora is the name given to the light emitted when particles emitted by the sun react with the Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere.
The charged particles are whisked toward the planet’s north and south poles by the magnetic field’s loops, which is why they are less common the closer you get to the equator.
Oh my word… the lights over my house tonight 😍 #aurora #NorthernLights #auroraborealis pic.twitter.com/d4ZSWRhaAD
— Mark Carrington (@Mad_Marko) February 26, 2023
Aurora Borealis is the name given to this phenomenon in the north – the equivalent in the southern hemisphere is called the Aurora Australis.
On the Isle of Iona, the lights were captured by the warden of the Roman Catholic House of Prayer, Jane Kindlen, she described them as “a first for me”.
A first for me – finally captured the #NorthernLights #Aurora tonight! #bucketlist #argyll #isleofiona #darkskies #skyatnight #innerhebrides #scotland 😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/Bj40DpqUDD
— EileanIdhe🏴 (@EileanIdhe) February 26, 2023
Beautiful dancing aurora tonight seen at Loch Fleet, between Dornoch and Golspie in Scotland. So lucky to live in an area where I can see the Northern Lights with no light pollution #NorthernLights #Aurora #auroraborealis pic.twitter.com/SASxCRiJGx
— Adrian Allan (@DrAllan12) February 26, 2023
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