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Northumberland, England
The aurora borealis, commonly known as the northern lights, lights up the skies over the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle on the Northumberland coastline.

Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

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Beams

This photo has been horribly overworked, I admit it, but there is method in my madness.

This was taken looking almost directly upwards from below a KP7 auroral display. It was quite cloudy but the aurora was so bright that it cast a shadow at my feet.

When I first processed the image, I didn't think there was much of interest in it. More editing revealed these fabulous green beams, seeming to disappear into infinity.

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Forked Tongue

Aurora lights the sky above Fardagafoss in eastern Iceland.

An unusually clear night in October means that it's well below freezing but we aren't troubled by clouds. Even though we weren't in a dark sky area (it was a Bortle¹ 4) we could still see lots of stars.

This lovely display lasted for almost two hours.

¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bortle_scale

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