Northern Lights seen across Norfolk for third night in a row

It was the third night in a row the aurora borealis was visible to skygazers in the county.

The Northern Lights were captured over Thetford Forest (Image: Paw El)

The lights glowed over Thetford (Image: Paw El)

The purple glow seen over the boardwalk in Wells-next-the-sea (Image: Bryn Ditheridge Photography)

The lights are best seen in rural areas with little light pollution, making the phenomenon perfect to spot across the Norfolk countryside.

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It is caused by particles from the sun meeting gasses in the Earth's atmosphere that light up the night sky creating a beautiful colourful glow. 

The purple lights overlooked the famous Albatross (Image: Bryn Ditheridge)

They were captured looking over Blakeney too (Image: Brad Damms)

The lights glowed red and green over the north Norfolk coast (Image: Brad Damms)

The lights shone bright purple and green over the beach in Wells-next-the-sea, even being captured behind the famous moored Albatross clipper.

The spectacle was visible all across the county but north Norfolk seemed a particularly good spot to see the spectacle with beautiful shots captured in Blakeney.