Northern Lights visible over the Lake District (From The Westmorland Gazette)
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Northern Lights visible over the Lake District
12:10pm Wednesday 10th October 2012 in News
By Steven Bell, Senior Reporter
One of Stella Coxon's photos of the Northern lights
A MYSTERIOUS green glow lit up the Cumbrian skies as a strong solar phenomenon enveloped the earth’s atmosphere this week.
The spectacular Aurora Borealis - or Northern Lights - sent snappers rushing for their cameras late on Monday.
This image was captured at Shap by Stella Coxon, of Eddington Astronomical Society.
Mother Nature’s free light show is usually seen around the Arctic Circle, but a geomagnetic storm has seen charged solar particles reach as far away as England where they react with the Earth’s atmosphere to produce these impressive displays.
