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In pictures: Northern Lights dazzle the South East

News imageMiles Chapman An amateur photograph of the Northern Lights. There are pink and green lights in the sky above the sea.Miles Chapman
News imagecoffeegal/BBC Weather Watchers An amateur photograph of the Northern Lights. There is a pink light in the sky above two houses.coffeegal/BBC Weather Watchers
Whitstable, Kent
Birchington-on-Sea, Kent

Skies across Kent and Sussex were lit up by the Northern Lights overnight.

The natural phenomenon - known as the Aurora Borealis - is the result of solar eruptions sending particles towards the Earth and interacting with particles in the atmosphere.

It is most visible near the Arctic Circle, but during times of high solar activity it can be seen in other areas.

On Monday night, the Northern Lights were photographed in Selsey in West Sussex and along the Kent coast in Birchington-on-Sea, Whitstable and Lynsted.

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