northern lights

[sanfran]

does anyone no of any places in england that are good for seeing the northern lights? And at what time of year?

[MrsCheeks]

Doubtful you will see them in England ... you have to be really up north to see anything.

 

We are just south of Inverness and we get to see them occasionally, although everytime they appear I am inside and only later does my mate tell me they were happening again!!!  ARRGHHHHHHH phone me next time lol!!!

[dragonfly]

LOL mrscheeks I will let you know next time, but you are right you need to be north of the border to see the northern lights, I saw them for the first time a few years ago in Orkney absolutely fantastic definitely a sight to see.

[Hippy]

I have seen the lights in the Hebrides, but unusually, about fifteen years ago here in Newcastle upon Tyne. Aurora can happen at any time as they are caused by reactions of high energy particles shot out from the sun.

 

You are most likey to see them on clear late autumn and winter evenings. The effect is concentrated around the magnetic poles of the earth, so in the Northern hemisphere it is dark for longer in October to February, and in the Southern hemisphere it happens from May to August.