The SKIES
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About The SKIES
Why weather in games is getting more realistic
... " There were astronomers there, observing The Skies and making records on clay tablets for centuries, " she says...
'Halo' spotted around the Moon across England
... The ring around the Moon was seen over The Skies on Saturday evening in Staffordshire, the West Midlands, Surrey, Berkshire, Dorset, Yorkshire and the Isle of Wight...
Thanksgiving travel: Record crowds expected to flood US roads and skies
... US airlines are expecting nearly 30 million travellers to hit The Skies during the Thanksgiving period, an all-time high...
Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot John Hemingway 'just lucky'
... When he was 21 he was a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain, a three-month period when air force personnel defended The Skies against a large-scale assault by the German air force, the Luftwaffe...
Steve lights up UK skies alongside Northern Lights - but what's the difference?
... Steve is shy and rarely appears in The Skies of the UK - there were reported sightings back in March and in But Steve has returned, this time illuminating The Skies over the north-east of England and Scotland...
Orionid meteor shower to light up the skies
...A spectacular meteor shower that is lighting up The Skies for two months will peak on Saturday...
Gaza hospital: What video, pictures and other evidence tell us about Al Ahli hospital blast
... Live footage from the Al-Jazeera media network aired at 18:59 local time showed a bright light rising in The Skies above Gaza...
Cause of eerie pink glow over Howden revealed by local business
...By Linsey Smith and Kevin ShoesmithBBC NewsA strange, pink glow illuminating The Skies over East Yorkshire has led people to believe they had seen the Northern Lights...
Cause of eerie pink glow over Howden revealed by local business
By Linsey Smith and Kevin ShoesmithBBC News
A strange, pink glow illuminating The Skies over East Yorkshire has led people To Believe they had seen the Northern Lights .
Some even thought The Mystery hue was the hallmark of extra terrestrials.
But the earthly reality is a little less exciting. . Unless you're an avid gardener, that is.
Bursting The Bubble , Nick Denham, Managing Director of The Business behind The Glow , explained: " It's LED lights used for growing plants. "
Mr Denham's company is the UK's biggest plant propagator, turning seeds into young plants which are then shipped off to growers, before eventually supplying The Nation 's supermarkets.
The Plant Raisers firm, which employs up to 100 people, has been at its Howden premises, off the M62, for years.
So why are people only seeing the pink lights now?
Mr Denham said: " Because of the Energy Crisis we had to invest heavily in LED lights. But it means The Light is pink and not white that people saw before. "
Lighting was needed to " manipulate day-length" in order for The Firm to maximise plant growth, he explained.
Ruby Hilson, an amateur astronomer who lives nearby, described the First Time she saw The Illumination .
She Said : " I was like, whoa what on earth is that? "
" There was this massive pink light. It looked like a disc, " She Said .
" My brain initially went to 'it's a UFO'. But it wasn't moving.
" It obviously wasn't a UFO. "
Those who want To Believe may point out that the pink illuminations are visible on Some Nights and not on others.
Bringing us back to earth with a bump, Mr Denham said a curtain was drawn over the glasshouses when the temperature hits a certain point.
" If the outside temperature is above 12C (54F), there's a discussion about whether the curtain is on or not, " He Said .
As well as More Than halving his firm's energy bill, Mr Denham said the pink lights produced " far better" plants.
" It's been a really good move for us, " He Said . " Last September we were facing an increase of over £1m in our electric bill. We wouldn't have been In Business .
" We would've been finished. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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