UK stargazers hoping to see the Perseids meteor shower last night were treated to an extra show when the northern lights appeared. The Perseids meteor shower, which NASA describes as the "best meteor shower of the year", peaked overnight on Monday. Image: The northern lights fill the sky over Howick, Northumberland on Monday night.
Pic: Owen Humphreys/PA That meant stargazers could expect to see up to 100 meteors an hour, as Earth passed through the most concentrated area of the debris trail that makes these meteors. Image: Tregaron in the Cambrian Mountains, Wales. Pic: Dafydd Wyn Morgan/Cambrian Mountains Initiative For the best stargazing experience, you usually want clear, pitch-black skies - but the appearance of the aurora borealis made for mesmerising photographs.
Photographer Dafydd Wyn Morgan managed to capture this incredible picture showing not just the northern lights and the meteor shower, but the Milky Way as well. Image: Meteors, the Milky Way and the northern lights were all captured in Tregaron in the Cambrian Mountains, Wales. Pic: Dafydd Wyn Morgan/Cambrian Mountains Initiative He took this in the beautiful Cambrian Mountains in Wales, which is a popular area for stargazing.
One hiker who spotted the display from his tent in Scaladale in Scotland called it "absolutely magical" in a post on X. X X , which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.
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.. Mickey Carroll, science and technology reporter.
