​A very rare phenomenon, a very impressive aurora could be seen on the night from Sunday to Monday in the United Kingdom, including in the southern regions of the country, such as the counties of Kent and Cornwall, the BBC reports, citing Agerpres. .

In the United Kingdom, the northern lights can be seen quite often in the north of Scotland, but are rarely seen in the south of England.

Shades of bright green dominated the aurora borealis that illuminated the sky over the Shetland Islands. Greens were also developed in the southern part of Lough Neigh in County Armagh in Northern Ireland.

In Teesside, County Durham, locals were able to admire an explosion of green and red colors at Grasholm Observatory.

More yellow hues were seen in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

During the past few days, a powerful solar explosion erupted on the surface of the star and headed towards Earth, electrically charged particles came into contact with the Earth’s atmosphere.

These electrically charged particles interact with oxygen and nitrogen, which then produce a green or red color over the Earth’s two poles.

If the solar flare is strong, particles can travel beyond the poles and reach mid-latitudes such as southern England.

The Sun periodically goes through an 11-year cycle, which is measured by the activity of its magnetic field. As the magnetic field changes, so does the activity on the Sun’s surface.

The last solar minimum was recorded in 2020, so activity on the Sun has increased since then and reached the most active level since 2014.