--- title: See the Most Beautiful Photos of the Northern Lights description: A strong geomagnetic storm enhanced the aurora borealis on Tuesday night canonical: https://time.com/3749031/see-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-photos/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-18T15:45:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:05:00.707Z article:section: Science og:title: See the 9 Most Breathtaking Photos of the Northern Lights og:description: A strong geomagnetic storm enhanced the aurora borealis on Tuesday night og:url: https://time.com/3749031/see-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte95ca4f50cd87ab4/6987841e3c1639acf24524fd/northern-lights-aurora-2015-07.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Northern Lights are seen over Usk Reservoir at the Brecon Beacons, Wales, on March 17, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the 9 Most Breathtaking Photos of the Northern Lights twitter:description: A strong geomagnetic storm enhanced the aurora borealis on Tuesday night twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte95ca4f50cd87ab4/6987841e3c1639acf24524fd/northern-lights-aurora-2015-07.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See the 9 Most Breathtaking Photos of the Northern Lights by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 18, 2015 3:45 PM UTC  The Northern Lights are seen over Usk Reservoir at the Brecon Beacons, Wales, on March 17, 2015. The Northern Lights are seen over Usk Reservoir at the Brecon Beacons, Wales, on March 17, 2015.Polly Thomas—Rex USA by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 18, 2015 3:45 PM UTC  The Northern Lights are seen over Usk Reservoir at the Brecon Beacons, Wales, on March 17, 2015. Polly Thomas—Rex USA  The Northern Lights near Salgotarjan, Hungary, on March 18, 2015. Peter Komka—EPA  The Northern Lights over Grimersta Lodge on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis on March 18, 2015. Sandie Maciver—Demotix/Corbis  The Northern Lights above the Staffordshire moorlands in England on March 17, 2015. Michael Scott—Demotix/Corbis  The Northern Lights over Shawbost on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides in the early hours of March 18, 2015. Sandie Maciver—Demotix/Corbis  The Northern Lights (Aurora borealis) are seen on the sky above Pilisszentkereszt, Hungary, on March 18, 2015. Balazs Mohai—EPA  The Northern Lights over the Callanish Stones, Grimersta and Shawbost on Lewis and Harris hills on March 17, 2015. Sandie Maciver—Demotix/Corbis  The Northern Lights over the Callanish Stones, Grimersta and Shawbost on Lewis and Harris hills on March 17, 2015. Sandie Maciver—Demotix/Corbis  The Northern Lights over a country road near Lietzen in Maerkisch-Oderland, Germany, on March 17, 2015. Patrick Pleul—EPA See the Most Beautiful Photos of the Northern Lights ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3749031/see-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3749031/see-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-photos/"},"headline":"See the 9 Most Breathtaking Photos of the Northern Lights","datePublished":"2015-03-18T15:45:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:00.707Z","description":"A strong geomagnetic storm enhanced the aurora borealis on Tuesday night. 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