Northern lights display captured over England

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The Aurora Borealis - better known as the Northern Lights - has been giving rare and spectacular displays over parts of England.

The light show, which is caused by electrically charged particles from the Sun entering the Earth's atmosphere, was visible as the Earth moves into a new alignment with the Sun.

The display was spotted across the North East, Yorkshire and Cumbria.

Here are some of the images that were captured.

Northern LightsImage source, Joan Thirlaway
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Joan Thirlaway captured this photo of jets from RAF Spadeadam taking part in an exercise on the border between Cumbria and Northumberland. She said the sky was "alive with light"

Northern LightsImage source, Paul Appleby
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Paul Appleby spent hours waiting at St Cuthbert's in Alnmouth to capture the lights. He said: "I may have missed the earlier activity due to cloud cover, but I'm happy that I caught what I did."

Northern LightsImage source, Stephen Cheatley
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Stephen Cheatley took this image of the Milky Way and Aurora at Ribblehead Viaduct in North Yorkshire

Northern LightsImage source, Russell Barnes
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Russell Barnes sent this photo of the Aurora at Hutton Row eight miles north of Penrith

Northern LightsImage source, Amanda Ainsley
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Amanda Ainsley said the Northern Lights were "magnificent" over Scargill near Barnard Castle

Northern LightsImage source, Ian Glendinning
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Ian Glendinning took this shot of the aurora and milky way from near Whittingham in Northumberland

Northern LightsImage source, Owen Humphreys/PA
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This photo shows a spectacular display of the lights shining over Derwentwater in the Lake District

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Chapel of Garioch Northern LightsImage source, Graeme Whipps
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