Nick Lancaster sent in these stunning images which show the rare phenomena known as STEVE, a mauve or magenta streak across the night sky.
Although STEVE is not an aurora, it has only been sighted during the Northern Lights display and is still a glowing atmospheric phenomena.
Studies about STEVE are still underway and were brought to the attention of scientists following a group of amateur aurora chasers in 2015.
It is still not fully understood why only some substorms create STEVE during the aurora.
In recent times scientists have been watching skies with a keen eye to learn more about the celestial stream of “hot gas” known as STEVE.
Take at look at these stunning shots of the rare and spellbinding display over Ripon earlier this week.
5. Aurora borealis, Ripon
The first paper about STEVE was published in 2018 Inspired by the work of amateur aurora chasers and citizen scientists from the Facebook group. Photo: Nick Lancaster
6. Aurora borealis, Ripon
The group photographed the phenomenon multiple times between 2015 and 2016 which caught the attention of scientists such as NASA. Photo: Nick Lancaster
7. Aurora borealis, Ripon
Interestingly, the phenomena of STEVE already existed in a historical record — we just forgot all about them. Photo: Nick Lancaster
8. Aurora borealis, Ripon
The phenomena pf STEVE does not always appear when there is an aurora, and nobody is yet quite sure why. Photo: Nick Lancaster