Bright lights: This image shows a solar flare erupting on the Sun%27s northeastern hemisphere. Space weather officials say the strongest solar storm in more than six years is already bombarding Earth
Awesome: Coronal mass ejections propel matter from the sun out of the sun%27s magnetic field. They can include billions of tons of matter and travel at up to a million miles per hour
The Aurora Borealis, more commonly known as the Northern Lights, are seen near the town of Lakselv, at the mouth of the Porsanger Fjord, in Northern Norway
Extraordinary light display ofIn spite of light pollution obsuring much of the lower horzions of the night sky, the dramatic glowing mass that is the Milky Way galaxy shines (top left to bottom right) creating a dazzling display in Teesdale, County Durham
Extraordinary light display of Northern Lights .... in the skies above YORKSHIRE! Stargazers in parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and in North East England were also able to see the dazzling display.[
Extraordinary light display of Northern Lights .... in the skies above YORKSHIRE! Photographer Reed Ingram Weir took these beautiful snaps on the A1 near Alnwick, Northumberland
Extraordinary light display of Northern Lights .... in the skies above YORKSHIRE! Two walkers on the moors of the Pennines in County Durham pause to take in the flickering light show
Extraordinary light display of Northern Lights .... in the skies above YORKSHIRE! The lonely Tan Hill Pub on the Pennine moorland in North Yorkshire is dwarfed as the stunning light show fills the sky above
Tragic: Northern white rhinos are extinct in the wild. This photo, taken in 2000, is of a young male with his mother Najin at a Zoo in the East Bohemian town of Dvur Kralove