The pilot turned the plane so that passengers could admire the northern lights (5 photos)

The pilot of an EasyJet en route to Manchester turned over 360 degree ocean to give all passengers on board a chance see the beautiful northern lights.







Photographs taken by a passenger on a flight returning to Manchester Airport from Reykjavik, captured stunning hues green, purple and pink skies. Passengers are lucky to see the rarest Northern Lights in Britain, about which she warned meteorological service of the country. Yesterday, meteorologists announced the British that they have every chance to admire the heavenly lights and even told in which places the probability will be the highest. According to experts, in the northern regions of England, near which lay air route, the probability was the highest due to the high chance breaks in the clouds.





Photographer Adam Groves, back from a weekend in Iceland, said: “We were hoping to see the northern lights, as the forecast gave we have a good chance, but low cloud cover in Iceland prevented us from seeing it from sushi. We hoped to see these wonderful lights while we were there, but Alas".



“We took off, and halfway through the pilot turned off all the lights and said that from the left rows you can see the aurora, - says Groves. - We were sitting on the right side, but, to our joy, through two or three minutes, the pilot turned the plane around and made a 360-degree circle, to open the Northern Lights for all to see."



An unusual EasyJet flight path has been recorded website FlightRadar, which showed the exact location where the plane made circle in the air.

The Northern Lights are caused by a collision sun rays with the earth's atmosphere. According to meteorologists, the best weather conditions for observing northern lights - dark skies without clouds." Most often, the northern lights can be seen during the equinox and solstices in March-April and September-October.