Hopeman, United Kingdom - September 02, 2025 The Northern Lights were spotted across the UK for the first time this autumn on Monday night, and could return on Tuesday. From northern Scotland, north Wales to Norfolk and Kent, the bright colours of the aurora were visible after a strong solar storm. Space weather forecasters highlighted the chance of aurora on Monday afternoon after satellites monitoring solar activity picked up an eruption on the surface of the Sun – known as a coronal mass ejection. The increased solar energy travelled into our atmosphere where it interacted with oxygen and nitrogen and created the purples, greens and red colours we know as the aurora. SHOTLIST Images and video from Hopeman, UK overnight on 2 September. [Credit: X/Stevo_SnakeDR]