\n The aurora borealis lit up skies across East and West Sussex during the early hours of today, October 11.\n<\/p>\n
\n Many photographers captured the phenomenon, including Argus Camera Club members Joanna and Gemma who took pictures in Bognor and near Arundel.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Met Office said the Northern Lights may be visible in the UK again tonight and Monday night.\n<\/p>\n
\n The sky near Arundel last night (Image: Gemma Hammond)\n<\/p>\n
\n Forecaster Greg Dewhurst said: \u201cThey could be a little weaker tonight (Sunday), so most likely seen across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThey may be a little stronger again on Monday night so could be seen further south into central areas.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The spectacle can sometimes be better seen through a camera than by the naked eye.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cLong exposure camera shots may show something each night a little further south than the above visible by eye forecast,\u201d Mr Dewhurst added.\n<\/p>\n
\n The phenomenon is most visible in the time around the equinoxes in spring and autumn.\n<\/p>\n
\n It is triggered by solar activity, the Met Office said.\n<\/p>\n
\n The sun emits charged particles known as solar wind, which, when they interact with the Earth\u2019s magnetic field, are funnelled towards the magnetic poles.\n<\/p>\n
\n As the energetic particles collide with gases in the upper atmosphere, they release energy as light.\n<\/p>\n
\n Oxygen produces green and, at higher altitudes, red, while nitrogen creates blue and purple hues, the weather forecaster said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The aurora borealis lit up skies across East and West Sussex during the early hours of today, October…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-627607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}