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The Northern Lights were visible in New Hampshire skies Thursday night

The Northern Lights brightened up the skies of the Granite State Thursday night.

The Mount Washington Observatory captured an image of the lights, also known as “aurora borealis,” as clouds cleared through midnight, according to the observatory’s Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/MWObs/photos/a.115190884684.99895.11654109684/10154010965399685/?type=3&theater

Ryan Knapp, a weather observer and meteorologist at the observatory, posted his own photos of the lights, taken near Berlin, New Hampshire.

https://twitter.com/WXKnapper/status/771637440561893377

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