Northern lights

Example Sentences

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The northern lights were captured for the second night in a row across the United Kingdom.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

A few days before Christmas, Dasher is soaring alone through skies illuminated by the northern lights when, upon landing, she meets a polar bear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Although these storms can produce great beauty with the northern lights, they can also interfere with GPS and electrical systems.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

There are similar stories of people seeing the northern lights, of going to the desert and seeing the arm of the Milky Way outstretched overhead, and being overcome with emotion.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2025

It looks like the northern lights up there, if the lights were red, orange, and purple rather than green and blue.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer