But last night I had the camera set up ready (indoors – I didn’t want to be outside for hours!), in the hope I might get lucky.

The Aurora wasn’t actually visible by eye – it just looked slightly cloudy on the horizon (where you can see the purple colour on the photo above), and it just looked a bit lighter above the tree.

However, when you look at the screen on the camera, you could make out the green – and it certainly came out in the photos!

A 10 second exposure means you get the light trail effect from a passing plane, which complimented the Aurora. I wonder if the passengers on the plane were able to see the Northern Lights?

Looking at the Aurora forecast websites, there seems to be a chance of seeing it again tonight (although maybe not quite so intense), providing there’s no cloud cover.