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Northern lights near Grodno captured by a BelTA photographer

 

MINSK, 20 January (BelTA) – An extreme geomagnetic storm, caused by a powerful solar flare, has resulted in the appearance of bright auroras across a large part of Belarus. 
Photos by Leonid Shcheglov
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