The Picture Show: NPR

The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, are seen in the sky over Whitby Harbour, Whitby, UK on October 10th.

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On October 10, Northern Lights can be seen over the Baltic Sea near Kiel in northern Germany.

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An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, glows red in the sky on October 10 in East Derry, New Hampshire

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The Northern Lights illuminate the night sky over Pitstone Windmill in Buckinghamshire on October 10th in Pitstone, UK.

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The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, can be seen in the sky over Dublin on October 10th.

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An aurora borealis appears Oct. 10 over pumpjacks extracting oil and gas from wells near Cremona, Alberta, Canada.

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The Northern Lights, produced by a solar geomagnetic storm, are visible from Shenandoah National Park in Rileyville, Virginia, on October 10.

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Northern lights are seen in the early morning hours of October 11th in Sugarloaf Key, Florida.

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An aurora borealis was seen on October 10 from the Pujalt Astronomical Observatory in Pujalt, Barcelona, ​​Spain.

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Wisconsin's night sky is ablaze with the Northern Lights as a geomagnetic storm brings bright pink and green colors to most northern states and beyond.

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On October 10, Northern Lights shine in the night sky over Trakai Castle, about 29 kilometers from Vilnius, Lithuania.

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Northern Lights in the sky over Great Chart Church, Ashford, Kent, England, on October 10th.

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Northern lights shine in the night sky over a street in eastern Brandenburg.

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The Aurora Borealis can be seen in an incredible display in the sky over the causeway leading to Holy Island in Northumberland, England in the early hours or Friday morning.

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The Milky Way and the Northern Lights can be seen together during a rare northern light appearance southwest of Mammoth Lakes, California, in the early morning hours of October 8th.

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