IN PHOTOS: People witness a rare occurrence of Aurora Borealis in different colours around the world

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This handout photo taken and released by Jacob Anderson shows the northern lights or aurora borealis during a solar storm over the National Monument of Scotland in Edinburgh on May 10. Photos Courtesy: AFP

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A geomagnetic storm lights up the night sky above the Bonneville Salt Flats on May 10, in Wendover, Utah.

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Places as far south as Alabama and parts of Northern California were expected to see the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights from a powerful geomagnetic storm that reached Earth.

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Onlookers gaze upon and photograph the Northern Lights at Chanticleer Point Lookout on the Columbia River Gorge in the early morning hours of May 11, in Latourell, Oregon. Places as far south as Alabama and parts of Northern California were expected to see the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights from a powerful geomagnetic storm that reached Earth.

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Northern lights or aurora borealis illuminate the night sky over a camper's tent north of San Francisco in Middletown, California on May 11. The storm threatens possible disruptions to satellites and power grids as it persists into the weekend.

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In a unique celestial phenomenon, the Aurora borealis, commonly known as the northern lights, is seen on May 11, in Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada.