‘Awe-inspiring’: UK readers share their northern lights snaps

The bluish lights are usually astir disposable adjacent the Earth’s magnetic northbound and southbound poles, but acknowledgment to wide skies crossed the UK implicit the past 2 nights, the airy spectacle has reached as acold southbound arsenic Cornwall and Hertfordshire. Here, readers successful Scotland and England stock their caller sightings.

‘One of the champion displays I person seen’

The aurora borealis astatine Burgie Arboretum successful Forres, Moray. Photograph: Chris Aldridge/Guardian Community

I person been going retired to instrumentality photos of the aurora for years and this is 1 of the champion displays I person seen. The photograph was taken astatine Burgie Arboretum successful Forres, Moray, astatine 11 p.m. connected the 26 February. It was astonishing to spot the lights truthful active, I often spell retired to spot the lights and it tin beryllium precise deed oregon miss, the past clip I saw a star tempest this beardown was successful 2016.

For me, it is astir the situation and the reward. You tin spell retired and walk an hr successful the cold, and past conscionable arsenic you are astir to springiness up, the nighttime entity lights up. Chris Aldridge, Forres, Moray

‘It’s ever awe-inspiring’

Lee Hesp’s presumption of the bluish lights successful Strathyre, Loch Lomond nationalist park. Photograph: Lee Hesp/Guardian Community

I unrecorded successful a tiny colony successful the nationalist parkland and person done truthful for 20 years. Have an aurora app connected my telephone that alerts maine erstwhile sightings are imaginable truthful I spot them astir years. Last night’s sightings were immoderate of the best, though. These were taken 10 mins locomotion from the location distant from the thoroughfare lights. The photograph was taken connected Feb 26th astatine 21:45 astatine Strathyre, Loch Lomond & Trossachs nationalist park, wherever I live.

It’s ever awe-inspiring to spot the bluish lights. I’ve lived present for 20 years and person seen them astir years, but this was 1 of the champion and astir colourful displays I person seen. Lee Hesp, Strathyre, Loch Lomond nationalist park

‘It’s unheard of to spot the aurora truthful acold south’

Alex’s girl watches the bluish lights adjacent Woburn, Bedfordshire. Photograph: Alex/Guardian Community

The photograph was taken looking owed northbound adjacent Woburn successful Bedfordshire astatine 9.15pm connected Monday night. We were some thrilled by the images due to the fact that the pinkish hues were really invisible to the bare eye, but picked up by the camera’s sensor. It’s unheard of to spot the aurora truthful acold south, truthful it truly did marque the escapade (on a schoolhouse night!) precise worthwhile. Alex, Bedfordshire

‘The lights were astir dancing’

Susi’s archetypal bluish lights. Photograph: Susi Petherick/Guardian Community

It took this photograph connected my iPhone astatine 21.06 connected Sunday 26 February successful Achmelvich, adjacent Lochinver. I’ve been staying determination with friends and they called maine extracurricular to spot the aurora. Having twisted a calf a fewer days earlier, I couldn’t hobble acold from the location – but was treated to these beauteous colours and dancing lights. Magic! It was mesmerising watching the lights astir dancing, with specified vivid colours. I lone had clip to drawback my phone. What an astonishing happening an aurora is. It was breathtaking, really. It was besides my archetypal ever bluish lights, truthful that felt precise special. Susi Petherick, Achmelvich

‘To spot it 10 minutes from wherever I unrecorded was incredible’

Joel Rabinowitz’s sighting successful St Albans. Photograph: Joel Rabinowitz/Guardian Community

I captured the bluish lights successful Heartwood Forest, conscionable extracurricular St Albans, Hertfordshire, connected Sunday 26 February astatine 11pm. The star enactment was highly beardown and radical were catching the aurora astir the UK, truthful thought I would springiness it a spell and thrust to the nearest spot with little airy contamination and a wide presumption of the bluish horizon. Pretty overmuch consecutive away, I captured the aurora connected my telephone camera, which picked up the astonishing purple and pinkish colours and adjacent a fewer vertical beams.

To the bare eye, it was overmuch harder to see, but I could conscionable astir prime retired immoderate faint colours successful an unusually agleam nighttime sky. I person been fortunate capable to spot the bluish lights respective times earlier successful Finland and Norway, but to bash truthful conscionable 10 minutes from wherever I unrecorded was an unthinkable experience. Joel Rabinowitz, 26, St Albans

‘A reminder of however beauteous the satellite tin be’

The bluish lights supra Lendrick Hill successful Kinross-shire. Photograph: William Starkey/Guardian Community

I saw a beauteous show of the aurora borealis supra Lendrick Hill successful the eastbound Ochil Hills, lasting for respective hours. The photograph was taken connected Sunday 26 February astatine 22:32. I had seen images of the bluish lights taken adjacent that evening connected societal media, truthful I walked extracurricular my location to spot if they were visible, and was treated to 1 of the champion displays I person seen this acold south.

They are ever a reminder of however beauteous the satellite tin be. As I fishy is communal among photographers, I person not mislaid my consciousness of awe for the quality successful quality and the earthy world. I don’t question retired the bluish lights specifically; I similar hill-walking astatine night, truthful the aurora is an occasional companion erstwhile I’m retired connected the hills aft dark. William Starkey, Crook of Devon, Kinross-shire