Pictured: Spectacular Northern Lights display across Britain
Streaks of purple and green light up the night sky

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Shimmering yellows and oranges sparkle over Whitby Harbour on Thursday night
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Aurora Borealis, can be seen over Ribblehead Viaduct in North Yorkshire
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Northern Lights on display in the skies over Cromer, Norfolk
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The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, are seen this evening behind the Blakehope Nick due to a strong solar storm
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The Aurora Borealis, are seen this evening at Dunstanburgh Castle
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The aurora gleams behind the Angel of the North in Gateshead
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St Mary’s church in Great Chart, near Ashford in Kent
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Pitstone Windmill in Buckinghamshire
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The lights could be seen in the south too, as here in Wadhurst, East Sussex
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Godalming in Surrey, where the lights glistened over the River Wey
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Residents on this street in Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex were treated to gorgeous colour
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The Northern Lights appear behind Paxton’s Tower in Llanarthne, Wales - silhouetting the structure
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An image stitched of multiple shots shows a flood of green at Derwent Water in the Lake District
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Purple and green illuminates Whitby harbour in North Yorkshire
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Aurora borealis appears in full view at this vantage point on Halkyn Mountain in Flintshire, Wales
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The Northern lights seen over St Catherine’s Lighthouse on the Isle of Wight