Northern lights illuminate skies in US and Canada – in pictures
Rare sightings of aurora borealis in North America as atmospheric phenomenon fills overnight skies from California to Ontario
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A couple watch the aurora borealis in Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) illuminate the sky in Rochester, New York.
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The blinking lights of a plane streak through the Aurora Borealis visible over Lake Berryessa, California.
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Friends gaze upon the Northern Lights at Chanticleer Point Lookout on the Columbia River Gorge, Latourell, Oregon.
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The International Space Station, left, streaks past as the Northern Lights are seen in Fredericton, Canada.
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The mouth of the Merrimack River in Newburyport, Massachusetts
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A farmhouse in Brunswick, Maine
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People in the city of Estacada, Oregon look at the night sky
Photograph: Jenny Kane/AP
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Torrance Barrens reserve in Muskoka, Ontario
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A farm near Elkton, south-west Oregon
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A tent in Middletown, north of San Francisco, California
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A highway in Middletown, California
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A farm on the outskirts of Bloomington in southern Indiana
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Jericho Beach in Vancouver
Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters
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San Francisco North Bay as seen from China Camp Beach in San Rafael, California
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Wind turbines near London, Ontario
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Mount Mitchell, North Carolina
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Torrance Barrens reserve in Muskoka, Ontario
Photograph: Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu/Getty Images
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The city of Estacada, Oregon
Photograph: Jenny Kane/AP
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The borough of Petersburg, Alaska
Photograph: Marty Bicek/Zuma/Rex
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