visible tonight The Northern Lights could illuminate skies over northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland today. Two large explosions on the Sun have sent massive amounts of magnetically charged particles heading for Earth.... more here http://news.sky.com/story/1334174/northern-lights-could-illuminate-uk-skies I'm playing a gig on the Shields seafront tonight - reckon I'll stick around for a bit afterwards to see if there's any show tonight
Me & our lass were wondering, just the other day, at what our ancestors must've thought when they looked skywards. They had no idea what these lights, shooting stars, etc would've been. You'd have **** your pants wouldn't you?
Especially when one of them git big rocks got closer and closer...then [video=youtube;Z0GFRcFm-aY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY[/video]