UPDATE WITH PICS: Eyes to the skies for Northern Lights display over Gwent

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By Catrin Cox: 

Helen Fisher's view from Broadmead Park in Newport:

UPDATE: 10.36pm

Lee Holmes' view looking from St Julians towards Twmbarlwm.

UPDATE: 10.32pm

Laura Mayers sent us this pic

UPDATE: 10.26pm

Ray Tayler sent us this picture of the view of the aurora from Vale View, Abergavenny, looking in the direction of Crickhowell.

It's getting a little dark now...

UPDATE: 10.18pm

Philip Hipkins sent us this picture of his view.

Quite a few eerie red skies tonight.

UPDATE: 10.15pm

Kristian Chown sent us these pictures via email of the view of the sky from The Gaer.

UPDATE: 10.10PM

Sarah Biggs sent us these pictures from her house in Str Julian's

UPDATE: 8.50pm

The alert status has now been moved to red.

The aurora is predicted to be visible around 9.30pm, with sunset scheduled for 9.33pm

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GWENT residents could be given the chance to see a spectacular natural light display in the sky this week.

Weather forecaster Jonathan Powell has predicted that 'aurora', which is similar to the Northern Lights display, could be seen during sunset tonight (June 22) or Tuesday night.

Speaking to the Argus earlier today he said: "In the last 24 hours there has been intensified solar activity and a pulse of energy has been released towards Earth.

"In a nutshell, there is now an increased likelihood either tonight or tomorrow night of seeing aurora, or Northern Lights after sunset.

"The alert status has just gone to Amber, meaning an increased chance of seeing some activity."

Have you seen the Northern Lights over Gwent? Send us your pictures to newsdesk@southwalesargus.co.uk