The Northern Lights are the result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun, which in turn creates the huge rippling blankets of colour to appear in the sky.
There is a strong possibility that the Northern Lights could be seen as far south as the middle United States, even Tennessee and Oklahoma. That also means much of Russia and northern Europe, as far south as central Germany and Poland, had the
So far no damage has been reported. Two blasts of magnetic plasma left the sun on Sunday, combined and arrived on Earth about 15 hours earlier and much stronger than expected, said Thomas Berger, director of the Space Weather Prediction Center in
The lights are commonly seen only in the auroral zone and can be witnessed further south only if a solar flare collides with the planet.
The Northern Lights which can be viewed only in the far north will soon dip south, so more people should be able to enjoy the colourful sky show.
A severe solar storm hit the planet Earth with a surprisingly big geomagnetic jolt, potentially affecting power grids and GPS tracking while pushing the colorful Northern Lights farther south.
People across the north of England and Ireland witnessed a spectacular light show as a massive geomagnetic storm created an Aurora Borealis, known as Northern Lights. Photo: AP