9 stunning northern lights photos of Aurora Borealis on May 10, 2024

It’s the natural light show that is amazing and hard to capture: the northern lights, or Aurora Borealis.

Normally, it’s hard to see the natural phenomenon when you’re not in the Arctic Circle or Iceland. But thanks to some solar flares and other factors, the northern lights were visible in the northern United States and in the United Kingdom on Friday night.

And of course we got some incredible photos of the event, ones you have to check out because they’re absolutely stunning. Here’s a sampling of what we saw thanks to the amazing work of the photographers who snapped the event: