Your pictures capturing the Northern Lights visible from Warrington

Residents in Warrington were among those that got to catch a glimpse of the rare sightings last night, Friday.

The visibility of the Northern Lights was increased on Friday due to an “extreme” geomagnetic storm, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The NOAA said the G5 geomagnetic storm, which is considered extreme and is the strongest level of geomagnetic storm, hit earth on Thursday and could affect communications, GPS and power grids.

Beautiful pictures capturing the moment have come flooding in from residents around Warrington, with sightings noted in Stockton Heath, Appleton, Birchwood and Great Sankey.

Here are some of your Northern Lights pictures:

Northern Lights visible in Birchwood (Image: Amy Cath)
Northern Lights in Sankey Bridges (Image: Jordan Lee)
These pictures were captured in Latchford (Image: Holly Foxall)
Beautiful picture taken in Sankey Bridges (Image: Beth Carr)
These amazing pictures were captured in Appleton (Image: Beverley Chamberlain)
A resident in Paddington took a great picture of the Northern Lights (Image: Carl Broderick)
Here is another from Croft (Image: Pamela Robinson) 
A beautiful picture captured in Orford (Image: Zoltán Romvári)
Pictures were captured from all over Warrington (Image: Joe Schuster)
The Northern Lights could also be seen over Padgate (Image: Supplied)