The sky above the county came alive with colour when residents were treated to a glimpse of the Northern Lights.
These mesmerising pictures and video show the Aurora Borealis over Surrey on Thursday night, the result of a strong magnetic storm.
Speaking to Get Surrey, Tom Chitson, who filmed a time-lapse video and took photos, said: "I captured the footage and photos at a car park on Chobham Common overlooking the M3 at about 9.30pm last night.
"It was incredible to be able to take photos of the Northern Lights from my home town.
"I was in Iceland two weeks ago and saw the Northern Lights there, but I would never have thought they would be visible from Surrey.
"It is probably a once-in-a-lifetime event to see the Northern Lights from this far south. Although you could barely see the lights with your own eyes, it was still an incredible experience."
Richard Wilson, from Guildford, saw the aurora from the air. He tweeted: "Great view of the northern lights from 30,000 feet over Scotland tonight. Awesome sight!"
The Northern Lights are usually visible in only the more northern parts of the UK, but a surge in geomagnetic activity led to them appearing much further south than usual.
The display occurs when explosions on the surface of the sun hurl huge amounts of charged particles into space, according to the British Geological Survey.
Those thrown towards Earth are captured by its magnetic field and guided towards the geomagnetic polar regions. Charged particles collide with gas molecules in the atmosphere, and the subsequent energy is given off as light.