Northern lights illuminate skies in UK and Europe – in pictures
Aurora borealis fills an overnight sky, with rare sightings all over Europe from Whitley Bay to Vienna
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Another Place by the artist Anthony Gormley on Crosby beach in Liverpool
Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA
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The village of Schierke in northern Germany
Photograph: Matthias Bein/AP
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The Forth Bridge at North Queensferry in Scotland
Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA
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The Grossglockner mountains near Zell am See in Austria
Photograph: JFK/APA/AFP/Getty
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The Molenviergang in Aarlanderveen in the Netherlands
Photograph: Josh Walet/EPA
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The village of Daillens in Switzerland
Photograph: Laurent Gilliéron/EPA
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St Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay in north-east England
Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
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The town of Virginia in County Cavan, Ireland
Photograph: Adrian Langtry/Rex/Shutterstock
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East Brandenburg in Germany
Photograph: Patrick Pleul/AP
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The village of Debrad in Slovakia
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty
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Whitley Bay in north-east England
Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty
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Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine
Photograph: Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu/Getty
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The city of Vilnius in Lithuania
Photograph: Yauhen Yerchak/Rex/Shutterstock
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The Siberian town of Tara in Russia
Photograph: Alexey Malgavko/Reuters
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The city of Vienna in Austria
Photograph: Max Slovencik/APA/AFP/Getty
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The city of Lyon in France
Photograph: Konrad K/Rex/Shutterstock
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The Roaches near Leek, Staffordshire
Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters
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The National Monument of Scotland, Edinburgh
Photograph: Jacob Anderson/AFP/Getty
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The deck of HMS Prince of Wales under the northern lights off the coast of Norway.
Photograph: LPhot Belinda Alker/PA
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North-west Slovenia.
Photograph: Luka Dakskobler/Rex/Shutterstock
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