The Northern Lights captured people’s minds on Thursday night, not least those turning to memes to fill a void left by not having seen them.
Across the world, stargazers stared up the green, blue, pink and purple light show, known as aurora borealis, dancing across the sky above them.
It’s rare for this natural phenomenon to be seen so far south. Usually you’d have to go all the way to Iceland, Scandinavia, Canada and Alaska to see it.
But every 11 years, during the solar maximum when sun spots start to burst, you get a chance to see them from your own backyard as far south as Kent.
Still unable to see it from the comfort of their homes, some rolled out the memes.
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