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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Nadia Khomami

Northern lights dazzle in brief appearance over Stonehenge

Northern lights over Stonehenge
The northern lights over Stonehenge in Wiltshire on Saturday evening. This image consists of two photos, a 16-second exposure of the sky and a two-minute exposure of the foreground, merged together. Photograph: Nick Bull/pictureexclusive.com

The northern lights lit up much of the UK and Ireland on Saturday night – from Orkney and Donegal to parts of southern England including Stonehenge.

The aurora borealis, dancing green and red lights, have captivated people for millennia, and appear during geomagnetic storms. Disturbances in the Earth’s magnetic field result in hours of bright auroras at both high and low latitudes.

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