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Strange purple light phenomenon ‘Steve’ spotted across UK skies

‘It is caused by hot rivers of gas flowing through Earth’s magnetosphere’

<p>Representational Image: The Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, visible as a pink band rising from the lower left to upper right of this photograph, appears with the Milky Way over Childs Lake, Manitoba, Canada.</p>

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