The Northern Lights dazzled Suffolk thanks to an ‘extreme’ solar storm - which could happen again tonight

The Northern Lights dazzled Suffolk last night thanks to an ‘extreme’ geomagnetic storm.

The Aurora Borealis was visible across the UK and Europe and is likely to appear again tonight.

Suffolk photographers grabbed their cameras and took to social media to share the phenomemon.

The northern lights were spotted in Suffolk, Essex; Cambridgeshire, Kent, Hampshire and Liverpool.

The amazing light show came amid the most powerful solar storm in almost 20 years.

The northern lights are caused by activity on the surface of the Sun.

Solar storms on stars’ surface give out huge clouds of electrically charged particles.

These particles can travel millions of miles and some become captured in the Earth’s magnetic field.

The best time to spot the Northern Lights tends to be between 10pm and 2am.