Spectacular Northern Lights display pictured after violent space storm

The subsequent magnetic activity, above a sunspot numbered 1105, produced an explosive flare that was recorded by Nasa’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.

The flare then sent a stream of charged particles racing towards Earth at 250 miles per second.

After the sunspot rotated away from Earth, the explosive region erupted once more, creating a second solar flare, a fantastic prominence that sent a coronal mass ejection into space.

Nasa stated because the Sun had already rotated the flares the flares did not pose any threat to the Earth. Images taken by the space bureau show the prominence flaring from the sun.

The auroral lights’ colours were created through a series of reactions between atoms and molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere.

The green colours stem from oxygen molecules while the more uncommon purple colour is derived from molecular nitrogen.

Experts stated stargazers could anticipate to see another spectacular display on Thursday night as the solar wind stream continued to hit Earth’s magnetic field.

Another series of spectacular auroras were witnessed by photographer by Øystein Lunde Ingvaldsen, a Norwegian musician.

Mr Ingvaldsen, also an amateur astronomer, continued to photograph the event in Bø, Vesterålen, in the country’s Nordland area, until the early hours of Wednesday morning.

“I was on my way to bed when I suddenly saw the auroras dancing on the sky through my bedroom window,” he said.

“I took my camera and drove to a place where I figured I could get some good pictures, and the sight that met me was truly amazing.”

“It’s not often I get to see purple auroras, this was truly a fantastic sight.”

Scientists state such natural light displays are difficult to predict because solar storms have differing timings between peak bursts.

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