if the whole of the UK was pitch black would we be able to see the northern lights??

Question: if the whole of the UK was pitch black would we be able to see the northern lights??
- Keywords:
  northern lights,
  sky
Asked by anon-220348 on 12 Jun 2019.
- David Wilson answered on 12 Jun 2019:
  
  Yes, the further north you are the better your chances of seeing them. Sometimes we can see them in Edinburgh as a hazy green sky on the horizon, my parents-in-law live further north in Aberdeenshire and they sometimes get good shows.
- Rebecca Moon answered on 12 Jun 2019:
  
  I believe it is possible to see the Northern Lights from Scotland, but I’m not sure you’d be able to see them in the south of England.
- Marianne King answered on 13 Jun 2019:
  
  Maybe not from everywhere in the UK, but we’d definitely get a much better view of the stars! My parents have a lot less street lighting where they live, so when I visit and we sit outside I love looking at the stars. It’s hard to see them in Birmingham.
- Kaitlin Wade answered on 13 Jun 2019:
  
  I think if the whole of the UK had no light pollution then we might be able to see them. The more North you go, the more likely you are to see them though.
- Nina Rzechorzek answered on 14 Jun 2019:
  
  The Northern Lights have been seen all over the UK, even as far south as Kent and Cornwall, but these sightings are rare. However, stunning images of the Northern Lights have been frequently captured in the very north of England and Scotland.
  
  Here’s how to increase your chances of seeing them:
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zxdpcdm
- Matthew Bareford answered on 14 Jun 2019:
  
  We would be able to see them much more readily, but still not to their full effects across the whole of the UK, you’d need to be much further north for that.
  
  This is because they are created by the earths magnetic field, which is stronger at the poles.
  
  Speaking of which there is such a thing as the ‘southern lights’. these are in Antarctica and can be seen in Australia too.
- Kate Timms answered on 17 Jun 2019:
  
  You can see them in Scotland already, but you have to be pretty lucky! I have a friend from somewhere really far north in Scotland and she says that you see them so often you get bored of them. I can’t ever imagine that!

Question: if the whole of the UK was pitch black would we be able to see the northern lights??

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