FIREBALLS AND NORTHERN LIGHTS SEEN SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SCOTLAND'S SKY

• The Northern Lights are created when particle streams from the sun crash into atoms high up in the atmosphere
• NASA  expects the best displays of the Northern Lights will happen in December when solar activity is at its peak

See video and beautiful pictures by Marcus McAdam, Ewan Miles, and Byron Griffiths here:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2465828/Fireballs-streak-Scotlands-skies-SAME-time-Northern-Lights.html

 

 

RELATED

 

What is a fireball - Questions and Answers (very good link)

http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireballs/faqf/

 

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