Amazing Northern Lights picture taken from plane window
An amateur photographer has captured an incredible photo of the Northern Lights from a plane above the UK.
Peter Greig, 33, managed to take the remarkable picture out of the plane window as he flew towards Edinburgh airport on the evening of Tuesday 3 November.
It shows the amazing vivid green colour of the aurora above the clouds surrounded by twinkling stars.
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A rare magnetic storm made the natural phenomenon visible over the UK.
Peter, who was travelling back from Keflavik in Iceland, said: "I noticed some aurora out of my window from tonight's strong solar storm.
"Luckily I had my camera stored under the seat in front of me so I raced to get it out. It wasn't an easy task getting this shot as the light from inside the cabin was reflecting inside the lens from the outer pane of glass.
"I had to press the lens right up against the inner pane and use my jacket to shield the light from the cabin behind me.
"The display was visible for pretty much the whole flight, even as we flew over northern Scotland."
Peter, a salesman from Hartlepool, had been to Iceland to photograph the Northern Lights, but said seeing them from the air was even more incredible.
He added: "To stand on the ground and witness the aurora borealis is magical enough but to view it from a plane with planet Earth below you is something else.
"I've came away from Iceland with so many memories and experiences but this one has beaten them all. I'll never forget this moment for as long as I live."
Peter has always had an interest in astronomy and took up astrophotography four years ago.
The Northern Lights are formed when electrically charged particles from the sun collide with the earth's atmosphere.
The spectacular sight is usually best in Norway, Finland, Sweden, Iceland and northern Canada, so it is unusual to see it in the UK.
The Met Office said on Monday 2 Nov: "It is just a month since the last sighting of the aurora borealis here in the UK but the return of a large coronal hole to the Earth facing side of the Sun means our chances of seeing the Lights have again increased."
