If you have missed the recent Northern Lights sightings here in the south of England then worry not, as experts say the phenomenon will likely be more visible than usual here over the next two years. The Aurora Borealis made an appearance in skies above Cornwall, Kent, Cambridgeshire and Shropshire among other locations earlier this week - and on Monday night (February, 27) one Bristol resident captured a rather stunning photo of it here, too.
The purple-green glow in the sky, rarely seen so far south, was photographed in Aust at around 9pm. A Met Office spokesperson said sightings here are due to the strength of a geomagnetic storm and the "strip of cloudless skies" in southern regions.
Astronomers say that we may have more chances to see the lights in our neck of the woods over the next two years, as the sun becomes more active with the approach of the solar maximum, The Telegraph reports. But just what does this all mean?
