Salfordians have been experiencing a spectacular natural light show above their heads this evening as a stream of high energy particles ejected were from the sun, interact with the Earth's magnetic field. The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) phenomena which can only usually be seen from far northern latitudes such as scandinavia, was clearly visible from locations across the northwest, including Salford. The unusually strong G4/G5 solar storm which was ejected from the sun towards the direction of Earth had the potential to disrupt power and communications as it peaked this evening. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration based in America, issued a rare geomagnetic storm watch the first to be issued in nearly 20 years. An8kBsDBYnTyv6Y2U9G2dtpDSgHtqhJBZdw_BDTxRfT_NYYYC1N7YEkrFhA43IRxUM1dA-zySKb56LAQOzVls9wt.mp4 Residents from across the city and beyond, flooded social media with the pink, purple and green images of the phenomenon which they had captured.
