20 epic Instagrams from last night’s northern lights spectacle

Besides green beers, St. Patrick’s Day revelers — and many others in the northern hemisphere (and some even in the south!) — were treated to green skies last night as a “pair of solar belches…cast a cloud of magnetized gas into space, triggering a strong geomagnetic storm.” Instagrammers were busy uploading pics — here are 20 of our favorite.

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A photo posted by NasaGalaxyPlanet (@nasagalaxyplanet) on Mar 17, 2015 at 6:23am PDT

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A photo posted by Greg Johnson (@canadogreg) on Jun 16, 2013 at 9:51pm PDT

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A photo posted by Ed Norton (@ed_norton) on Mar 18, 2015 at 8:54am PDT

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A photo posted by Paul Zizka (@paulzizkaphoto) on Mar 18, 2015 at 7:30am PDT

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A photo posted by Chodiak Bear (@yourfriendcholo) on Mar 18, 2015 at 8:52am PDT

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A photo posted by Pure Michigan (@puremichigan) on Mar 18, 2015 at 8:24am PDT

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A photo posted by Adam Nolley (@nanovivid) on Mar 18, 2015 at 8:35am PDT

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A photo posted by WalesOnline (@walesonline) on Mar 18, 2015 at 8:33am PDT

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A photo posted by Charles Waldorf (@charleswaldorf) on Mar 18, 2015 at 9:05am PDT

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A photo posted by Sergi (@sergi.galiano) on Mar 18, 2015 at 8:38am PDT

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A photo posted by Hugo Sanchez (@yeghugos) on Mar 18, 2015 at 8:25am PDT

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A photo posted by Eyewitness News (@wdiowirt) on Mar 18, 2015 at 8:23am PDT

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A photo posted by Jonathan Söderström (@joontes) on Mar 18, 2015 at 8:21am PDT

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A photo posted by Paul Lavoie (@paullavoieimages) on Mar 18, 2015 at 8:15am PDT

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A photo posted by Taylor Photography (@taylor_photo) on Mar 18, 2015 at 8:12am PDT

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A photo posted by Styrmir Kári & Heiðdís (@styrmir_heiddis) on Mar 18, 2015 at 8:10am PDT

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A photo posted by @visitscotland on Mar 18, 2015 at 5:06am PDT

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A photo posted by swedennewyork (@swedennewyork) on Mar 18, 2015 at 7:37am PDT

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A photo posted by Sarah Nicole (@indigo_makes) on Mar 18, 2015 at 7:28am PDT

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A photo posted by Kent Miller (@kent_miller) on Mar 18, 2015 at 2:43am PDT